Re: When will amd64 be allowed in sid?
Quoting Adam Majer (adamm@galacticasoftware.com):
> Michael Neuffer wrote:
> >This is the classical chicken and egg problem, I know.
> >What we are doing however is to either smash the egg or
> >shoot the chicken if you want.
> >
> >I think we make it harder for the beancounters then we have to.
> >
> >
> You are saying if the 32-bit port will disappear!
No I didn't, but you want to turn it into an either or.
I want best of both worlds.
> Anyway, every a few months there is a discussion whether to have a pure
> P4 port, or a pure K7 port, or whatever. With a Amd64 port, we can at
> least end that discussion since K7 or P4 can now be considered legacy.
Sorry, but you are comaring pears with apples here.
ia32/AMD32 is in in no way comparable with i386/[K7,P4]
Cheers
Mike
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