Bug#575761: x86 architecture names are confusing

[Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk>]

Package: release-notes
Severity: normal
Tags: squeeze lenny

The release notes use the long architecture names 'AMD64' and 'Intel
x86' for our architectures 'amd64' and 'i386'.  The name 'AMD64'
sometimes confuses users with Intel x86-64 chips, who instead download
the installer or CD images for ia64.  This is a waste of time and
bandwidth for all concerned.  The name 'Intel x86' is also inaccurate
in that the i386 architecture runs on 32-bit x86 processors from many
vendors.

The long names should be changed in coordination with www.debian.org
(#575760).

Ben.

-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
  APT prefers proposed-updates
  APT policy: (500, 'proposed-updates'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 2.6.32-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash