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On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 03:05, Sven Vermeulen wrote: |
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> One of the reasons I think more in favor of i686 is to be 'better' than |
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> Mandrake, which optimizes for i586 iirc. And if I'm mistaken and they |
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> compile for i686, then the reason is to 'not be lower' ;) |
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> Okay, that's a marketing PoV, but hey - we need that as well, don't we? |
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I was always under the impression that the GRP was designed for one |
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purpose, and that is to get a Gentoo machine up quickly. I never did |
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understand the reason for the optimized GRP sets. In fact, I only ever |
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downloaded the "i686" set simply because it would work on both AMD and |
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Intel hardware, from a Pentium Pro on up. |
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I definitely agree that we need 2 GRP sets for x86, an i686 set for PPro |
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and faster, and an x86 set for those below. There is little to no |
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advantage to the lower sets, and it does take up a massive amount of |
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mirror space. |
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This is going to be a hot issue with the users. Perhaps we could get |
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something posted on the next GWN with a link to a survey of some sort? |
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Perhaps have a week later for an "end date" and see what the users |
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decide. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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