Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for

Jan Kratochvil jan.kratochvil at redhat.com
Tue Feb 3 12:07:38 UTC 2009


On Mon, 02 Feb 2009 18:46:24 +0100, Bill Nottingham wrote:
> Jan Kratochvil (jan.kratochvil at redhat.com) said: 
> > Particularly why not to automatically install the whole x86_64 distro where
> > appropriate?  The DVD media should contain both arches as in the real world
> > found out the users are not aware if they have 64bit-capable hardware.
> 
> Well, to be somewhat glib, because that sort of setup wouldn't actually fit on
> a DVD.

Agree; I just was thinking about the LiveCD/DVD installation mode and there is
enough room for i686+x86_64 LiveDVD.

I find hard to believe Fedora still in the 21st century suggests degrading the
machine by a 32bit OS: http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora


Regards,
Jan




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