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Re: two more architectures?



On Sunday 27 October 2002 08:49, Oleg wrote:
> Hi
>
> Why doesn't Debian add two more architectures: P4 and Athlon4? A bit more
> space will be used on Debian mirrors, but the bandwidth will not increase
> (unless more people start using Debian) and the extra maintenance in most
> cases will be limited to CPU-specific compiler options. The obvious
> advantage is the speed increase from better optimizations.
>
> Cheers,
> Oleg

you are also assuming Debian devels have access to such hardware.  I am 
personally still using a pII 400.  Our users tend to have better hardware 
than we do these days.



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