Re: debian-x86-64 mailing list has been created

2003-05-25 Thread Robert Millan
On Sun, May 25, 2003 at 10:34:59PM +0200, Josip Rodin wrote: > Hi, > > $Subject. Enjoy. > > http://lists.debian.org/debian-x86-64/ thanks Josip! CCing debian-devel as there likely are people interested around. -- Robert Millan make: *** No rule to make target `war'. Stop. Another world is

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-25 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 25 Apr 2003, Michael Banck wrote: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 06:27:34PM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > A bug on the lack of a debian-x86-64 mailing list has been opened (162668). > > All that can be done has been done -- it's out of our hands now :) It's

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
* Michael Banck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 19:26]: > On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 06:27:34PM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > A bug on the lack of a debian-x86-64 mailing list has been opened (162668). > > > > All that can be done has been done -- it's out

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 06:27:34PM -0400, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > A bug on the lack of a debian-x86-64 mailing list has been opened (162668). > All that can be done has been done -- it's out of our hands now :) > > The pressure, as you put it, could be increased by mo

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
hould be done in > time. If this can not be done in time something is wrong. A bug on the lack of a debian-x86-64 mailing list has been opened (162668). All that can be done has been done -- it's out of our hands now :) The pressure, as you put it, could be increased by modifying the bug

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
* Gunnar Wolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 16:36]: > ...But IA64 is the name for the platform, as opposed to a specific > implementation. We also refer to the Pentiums, Athlons and their smaller > cousins as x86 or i386 chips[1]. The right naming should follow the > architecture's name, not a specif

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo wrote: > I meant "in the meantime". I think that the list in lists.d.o must be > created, but as this will take some time and seems that there are some > people interested in this, I think that it's better this way. I perfectly understand your int

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Arnd Bergmann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 April 2003 20:00, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > Good point... it is probably best to follow the decisions made at the > kernel/gcc layer. And since both of these call the platform x86-64, > that is what will stick. No, they don't both use

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Gunnar Wolf
> > I think they're right this time. Most of the press releases that have gone > > out mention AMD64 instead of x86-64, and the marketing info at amd.com all > > mentions AMD64 as well. > > Most of the press releases I've read also mention 'Itanium' and not > 'ia64'. ...But IA64 is the name for

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 08:01:52PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > > I thought this was a good idea. And since there was no such list yet I > > requested the creation of 'debian-x86-64'. It will take 72 hours to > > setup, I will reply to this thread

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 14:17]: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > > I thought this was a good idea. And since there was no such list yet I > > requested the creation of 'debian-x86-64'. It will take 72 hours to > > setup, I will reply to this thread when it's

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Michael Banck
On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 01:43:54PM -0400, Rich Payne wrote: > > The Inquirer is not always right, so I am not sure if I should take that > > as truth or just rumors. > > I think they're right this time. Most of the press releases that have gone > out mention AMD64 instead of x86-64, and the market

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 13:55]: > On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > > > * Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 13:43]: > > > > On a side note, it would seem that the 'x86-64' branding may be dropped > > > > in favor of 'AMD64'. > > > > > > > > http://

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread rdp
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > * Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 13:43]: > > > On a side note, it would seem that the 'x86-64' branding may be dropped > > > in favor of 'AMD64'. > > > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9133 > > > (7th paragraph) > > > > > > The In

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Arnd Bergmann
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 24 April 2003 19:05, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > On a side note, it would seem that the 'x86-64' branding may be dropped > in favor of 'AMD64'. True, at least SuSE and MicroSoft are only talking about AMD64 on their product pages. OTOH, the

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
* Rich Payne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 13:43]: > > On a side note, it would seem that the 'x86-64' branding may be dropped > > in favor of 'AMD64'. > > > > http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=9133 > > (7th paragraph) > > > > The Inquirer is not always right, so I am not sure if I should t

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > I thought this was a good idea. And since there was no such list yet I > requested the creation of 'debian-x86-64'. It will take 72 hours to > setup, I will reply to this thread when it's ready. While it is good that your problem of creating a list i

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Rich Payne
On Thu, 24 Apr 2003, Bart Trojanowski wrote: > * Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 03:56]: > > Though I think that a debian-x86-64 list is worth you can open a > > project in alioth in the interim. You could use it also to have a CVS > > repo for patches or packages you need t

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Bart Trojanowski
* Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [030424 03:56]: > Though I think that a debian-x86-64 list is worth you can open a > project in alioth in the interim. You could use it also to have a CVS > repo for patches or packages you need to build. I thought this was a good idea. And since th

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-24 Thread Jose Carlos Garcia Sogo
El día 23 abr 2003, Robert Millan escribía: > > CCing debian-devel.. > > hi! > > as noticed in DWN [1] and debian-devel [2], Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > has actualy started work [3] on the x86-64 port by using Bochs' x86-64 > emulation. > > it's likely that debian-x86-64 developement di

Re: x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-23 Thread Kevin Rosenberg
Robert Millan wrote: > it's likely that debian-x86-64 developement discussions start to come up > soon, so it'd be interesting if this list (#162668, New Mailinglist > debian-x86-64) could be created soon (so that debian-devel is not crappled > with x86-64 stuff). I second this (as I search for an

x86-64 mailing list

2003-04-23 Thread Robert Millan
CCing debian-devel.. hi! as noticed in DWN [1] and debian-devel [2], Arnd Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has actualy started work [3] on the x86-64 port by using Bochs' x86-64 emulation. it's likely that debian-x86-64 developement discussions start to come up soon, so it'd be interesting if this