Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Monday 04 September 2006 07:02, Xavier Neys wrote:
>> If you need help to get rid of the 4 ARCH-specific files, you know where to
>> ask. Any bitching about the hb*x86+amd64*xml file names will be ignored :)
> 
> so you're trying to merge all the arches into one ?  seems like a good idea 
> for some (the cd based arches have a lot in common) but pointless for others 
> (the bootloader pages have very little in common with any other arch)

I am not most certainly not trying to merge them all back into the mess we had
before the ARCH-split.
Only the very similar ones can be merged. x86 and AMD64 were almost identical,
and you so is IA64, same tools, terminology (e.g. partitions, not slices),
partitioning plans, structure...

*bootloader*, very different on all other arches, not mergeable

*kernel*, might be worth a look, main differences are genkernel (yes|no),
kernel names & location of compiled one. The list of required kernel options
might lead to a lengthy series of code samples, though.

*disk*, partitions vs. slices, partitioning plans are all different, common
bits in those files are low-maintenance, not mergeable.

*medium*, looks like some could be merged.


Cheers,
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