Re: [gentoo-amd64] Re: i386 vs amd64

[Simon Stelling]

Duncan wrote:
> If you /do/ choose to go 32-bit chroot, but it's DEFINITELY a recommended
> read in ANY case, take a look at the amd64 technotes, available here:
>
> http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/technotes/index.xml

For information about how to set up a chroot properly, you better read the 32bit 
chroot guide [1].

> *** AGAIN, READ THE ABOVE TECH NOTES!!! ***  They will answer a number of
> questions before you ask and could save you some major headaches
> needlessly going thru stuff others have already figured out.

Reading the technotes doesn't harm, but most of its content is just terribly 
old-cruft that is no longer relevant. Thus, the technotes will get removed as 
soon as everything relevant is moved to other docs. Currently, this is mainly 
the FAQ [2] and the chroot guide.

> amd64 stable.  They have read access to the CVS/Subversion tree, and
> slightly elevated privileges on bugzilla, but any proposed patches and the
> like still go thru a fully certified Gentoo developer to get into the

They don't have cvs read access yet, but hopefully they will after an updated 
version of GLEP 41 [3] is approved.

> tree.  It's pretty safe to say that the ATs are one of the big reasons the
> number of packages in portage available to amd64 and ~amd64 users has
> grown to be near that of x86, and that is becoming more the case every
> day.

You can say that again ;)

[1]
http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/base/amd64/howtos/index.xml?part=1&chap=3
[2] http://www.gentoo.org/doc/en/gentoo-amd64-faq.xml
[3] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/glep/glep-0041.html

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Simon Stelling
Gentoo/AMD64 Operational Co-Lead
blubb@g.o
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