On Fri, Jul 09, 2010 at 11:11:01AM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Thu, Jul 08, 2010 at 02:58:58PM +0300, Riku Voipio wrote: > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010 at 10:55:25PM +0200, Loïc Minier wrote: > > > On Tue, Jul 06, 2010, Joey Hess wrote: > > > > Could the targeted CPU be used in the name? Ie, armelv7. > > > Or even just armv7. It is just a name, so it should be short and > > not try to encode too much information in it. > > > > I would be a bit scared that this has a chance of getting out of date, > > > we have i386 port and nobody has an issue with 2 decades old name. > > Nah, people have issues with it, but backwards-compatibility prevails. :)
And of course i386 only works on i486+ these days. Name stuck, but the support hasn't. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
