FC2: removing gcc32 OK?

Alan Cox alan at redhat.com
Wed Jan 14 17:04:24 UTC 2004


On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 08:47:56AM -0800, Pete Zaitcev wrote:
> But generally, I would like to note that adding support for sparc(32) to Fedora
> is insane, especially considering that Pentium was bumped off. If sparc(32)
> and sparc64 were the same kernel arch, it might have made some sense,
> but they aren't.

Having a base 486/386 kernel but not a pentium default kernel makes sense 
because its about what you can actually fit on a CD. Sparc32/64 are not
actually taking up CD space

> Killing sparc(32) is long overdue. It will not upstage Keith, because he
> uses Gentoo anyway. And there's always Debian. So, my consciousness is
> entirely clear on this subject.

Seems its up to those who volunteer to do the work. 

Alan





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