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From: Wernfried Haas <amne@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: Keyword amd64 -> x86_64
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:35:24
Message-Id: 20080221213513.GB15561@basestar
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Re: Keyword amd64 -> x86_64 by flameeyes@gmail.com (Diego 'Flameeyes' =?utf-8?Q?Petten=C3=B2?=)
1 On Thu, Feb 21, 2008 at 07:40:43PM +0100, Diego 'Flameeyes' Pettenò wrote:
2 > Beside, does it really changes stuff for anybody beside Intel fanboys?
3
4 I guess there may be some confusion for people installing their first
5 amd64 on a Intel box. However, i think this sort of confusion is
6 solved more appropiately by telling them amd64 is fine for their
7 hardware than renaming it inside Gentoo with all the things that need
8 changing and can easily be overlooked.
9
10 cheers,
11 Wernfried
12
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