Re: i486 base architecture

[Jeff Johnson <n3npq nc rr com>]

Arjan van de Ven wrote:

> > So actually that could be a good reason why we should switch over to
> > i486 as base arch?
> >    
>
> for the glibc package... sure ;)
>
> for all other packages... none will use the new instructions afaics
>  

Absolutely agreed, more pain that gain for s/i386/i486/ everywhere.

However -- as always -- the problem is one of perception, and '*.i386.rpm'
signifies something quite different than '*.i486.rpm' no matter what 
instructions
are actually used within the package.

Perhaps we need to change the perception in order to lose linux threads 
forever.

Again, I know quite well more pain than gain, fixing all the bleeping 
scripts
that have embedded i386/* and/or *.i386.rpm, to know 'i486' is gonna break
a whole lot of process.

But perhaps it's time to signify Something Else Instead.

73 de Jeff