Bug#263743: Please use "linux-" prefix
On Sun, Aug 29, 2004 at 05:33:14PM +0100, Scott James Remnant wrote:
> > Please, for consistency could you use "linux-powerpc64" instead?
>
> Consistency with *what* ?!
Consistency with the following arches supported by dpkg:
darwin-i386 freebsd-i386 hurd-i386 kfreebsd-i386 knetbsd-i386 netbsd-i386
openbsd-i386 darwin-powerpc
> This would be entirely non-consistent with
> the other Linux architectures and I don't agree that there's a problem
> here.
When judging consistency, you should look at the whole picture. In order to
arcieve a fully consistent scheme, the existing Linux architectures need to
be renamed too (I filed bug #268709 as a placeholder for this).
> Debian is first and foremost a Linux distribution; none of the alternate
> kernel/libc ports have the completeness and maturity of even the least
> used Linux ports.
Don't take me wrong with this. I don't advocate or even pretend to justify
detrimental changes in the existing arches to support uncomplete/inmature
ports. Such changes would require re-adjustments in the ftp archive and a few
other places, which I don't feel in a position to request (YET).
OTOH, I don't estimate anything detrimental in this particular request. Are
you objecting to it only on the basis of consistency, or do you have other
concerns? If consistency is your only concern, how is it that an scheme in
which some arches have "${kernel}-" prefix and some don't is the one we're
targetting at in the long term?
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