Re: powerpc64, multiarch vs biarch and etch ...
Andreas Barth <aba@not.so.argh.org> writes:
> * Raphael Hertzog (hertzog@debian.org) [060604 21:40]:
>> On Sat, 03 Jun 2006, Goswin von Brederlow wrote:
>> > There just is no anti-multiarch movement that needs a change of
>> > mind. Apart from ftp-master blocking the glibc split there has only
>> > been inaction or disintrest but no opposition.
>>
>> So submitting patches (like you do) is the right thing to do and will
>> bring result since the maintainers are not opposed to it.
>>
>> In fact, everyone is for multi-arch but there's no consensus on the best
>> way to do it within core tools like dpkg.
>
> Usually, the best way to do it is just to show that it works. Feel free
> to set up multiarch.debian.net, and show how it looks like. If someone
> needs a dak setup, I'm willing to help there.
>
>
> Cheers,
> Andi
That was already done twice, iirc, in the past. The patches just
bitrot away into uselessness unless you do constant work on it. Which
is a bit tiresome.
MfG
Goswin
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