i486 base architecture

["William M. Quarles" <quarlewm jmu edu>]

Hi,

Earlier this year on this list several of us were discussing the 
possibility of adjustments being made to the architecture optimizations 
of the Fedora Core packages.  One of the suggestions thrown around that 
had zero opposition was changing the base architecture from i386 to 
i486.  Why has this not been done?  This is especially poignant since 
Fedora Core 1 finally broke i386 compatibility with its kernel.

I'm sending a related note on the Pentium 4.

Peace,
William