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Martin Schlemmer wrote: |
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>>I still dont see what practical advantage that would bring to x86/amd64 |
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>>users or developers? |
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> Well, I guess the theory might be because then you only have one keyword |
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> and one base profile to manage - I think. |
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Having just one keyword won't decrease our (our as in amd64 team) workload, nor |
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will it increase our (our as in amd64 port) QA, it will just be the other way |
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around. What really is confusing me is that mostly sparc/mips-devs want to push |
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us in a direction we absolutely don't like, but we're affected by all effects, |
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not them. And what is even more confusing, is that they make statements like |
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"I don't care about x86/amd64" |
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> So to be frank, I propose that either the alt-arch devs start explaining |
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> above instead of half-assed answers and senseless ranting, or shut up. |
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> From the amount of _usefull_ comments they have given, it does not look |
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> like its really an issue or priority for them besides having some fun. |
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So I'm not the only one feeling assed, fine. I know ABI, but only in the context |
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of multilib. We use it to decide whether something is 32bit or 64bit. |
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As stated above, I can see how x86 will benefit from a merge, but the damage |
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amd64 gets seems far bigger. |
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Simon Stelling |
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Gentoo/AMD64 Operational Co-Lead |
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blubb@g.o |
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