Re: Validity of the CD size limit nowadays [Re: Features/ArchitectureSupport - changing what we build for]

[drago01 <drago01 gmail com>]

On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin kofler chello at> wrote:
> drago01 wrote:
>> Well for x86_64 we can/should do this.
>> Good luck on finding a x86_64 computer/laptop without a DVD drive.
>
> But x86_64 doesn't need multiple kernels, it needs only the x86_64 one. PAE
> is not needed on x86_64 and 32-bit kernels don't work with 64-bit
> userspace.

That's not about kernels, we should move away from a CD atleast for
x86_64 instead of not shipping useful apps for size reasons (ex:
OO.org)