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Bug#575761: Bug#575760: x86 architecture names are confusing



On Ma, 04 ian 11, 22:21:14, Osamu Aoki wrote:
> 
> This needs to be changed and reordered to:
> 
> # order are from http://popcon.debian.org/
> # Thus vender neutral :-)
> %arches = (
>         i386    => '32-bit PC (i386)',
>         amd64   => '64-bit PC (amd64)',
>         armel   => 'EABI ARM (armel)',
>         powerpc => 'PowerPC (powerpc)',
>         sparc   => 'SPARC (sparc)',
> #       arm     => 'ARM (arm)',
>         ia64    => 'Intel IA-64 (ia64)',
>         hppa    => 'HP PA-RISC (hppa)',
> #       alpha   => 'Alpha (alpha)',
>         mipsel  => 'MIPS (little endian) (mipsel)',
>         s390    => 'IBM S/390 (s390)',
>         mips    => 'MIPS (big endian) (mipsel)',
> );
> 
> This order is the current popcon data order:
> http://popcon.debian.org/
> So we will not ask user to look through long list.
> 
> I hope this fixes non-optimal order and word issue on Debian web page
> technically.  But we first agree on what wording are we using.
> 
> I like nonpedantic 32-bit PC/64-bit PC.
> 
> "EABI ARM" may be better to use "ARM (armel)" since we are not shipping
> old arm any more.

May I also suggest "Intel IA-64 Itanium (ia64)", to try to prevent users 
from confusing ia64 with amd64.

Regards,
Andrei
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