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From: Jason Huebel <jhuebel@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Cc: amd64@g.o, gentoo-amd64@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] A few modest suggestions regarding tree size
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 00:57:03
Message-Id: 200410141957.21401.jhuebel@gentoo.org
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] A few modest suggestions regarding tree size by Ciaran McCreesh
1 On Tuesday 12 October 2004 4:37 pm, Ciaran McCreesh wrote:
2 > Also, I suggest we drop the amd64 keyword and just use x86 to save
3 > space, since we all know fine well that amd64 is just like x86 with a
4 > few extra bits stuck onto the end. Or rather, the start, since x86 gets
5 > its bytes backwards...
6
7 I'll be very succinct here... NO. Your assumption is incorrect. Period. Don't
8 bring it up again.
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