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

drago01 drago01 at gmail.com
Sat Jan 31 16:39:59 UTC 2009


On Sat, Jan 31, 2009 at 5:14 PM, Kevin Kofler <kevin.kofler at 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)




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