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On Wed, 2005-08-31 at 16:32 +0100, Ciaran McCreesh wrote: |
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> It's not magic. We've been handling packages that work on sparc64 but |
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> not sparc32 for years with a single keyword. Just because you (and, |
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> from the looks of things, most of the x86 and amd64 developers) don't |
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> know about some of portage's features doesn't mean they don't exist :) |
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This was kinda my point. Developers on sparc and mips are aware of |
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these issues. Developers on amd64 and x86 are not. Forcing the merging |
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of these KEYWORDS would destroy the QA that already is done on these |
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architectures, as most of our developer pool would need some serious |
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training to be able to do this. I know that *I* don't know how to do |
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this myself (yet), but I'm going to look into it. |
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Anyway, can we *please* quit hijacking this thread, as this isn't a "x86 |
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vs. other arches" thread and rather a thread about profiles and their |
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USE flags. If you want to discuss x86's defficiencies, start your own |
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thread, please. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead/QA Manager |
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