Package: developers-reference
Version: 3.4.0
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
Hi,
This patch should update the sample-dist-dirtree to use architectures
currently in the debian archive (removing m68k and alpha).
There are also changes to the resources.dbk history of when arch's
became part of Debian.
thanks,
kk
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0.3
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APT policy: (500, 'stable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.30.7-libre-fshoppe1 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_AU.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_AU.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
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Index: resources.dbk
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--- resources.dbk (revision 7057)
+++ resources.dbk (working copy)
@@ -529,29 +530,28 @@
popular, the kernel was ported to other architectures, too.
</para>
<para>
-The Linux 2.0 kernel supports Intel x86, DEC Alpha, SPARC, Motorola 680x0 (like
-Atari, Amiga and Macintoshes), MIPS, and PowerPC. The Linux 2.2 kernel
-supports even more architectures, including ARM and UltraSPARC. Since Linux
-supports these platforms, Debian decided that it should, too. Therefore,
-Debian has ports underway; in fact, we also have ports underway to non-Linux
-kernels. Aside from <literal>i386</literal> (our name for Intel x86), there
-is <literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>alpha</literal>,
-<literal>powerpc</literal>, <literal>sparc</literal>,
-<literal>hurd-i386</literal>, <literal>arm</literal>,
-<literal>ia64</literal>, <literal>hppa</literal>,
-<literal>s390</literal>, <literal>mips</literal>,
-<literal>mipsel</literal> and <literal>sh</literal> as of this writing.
+As the Linux kernel began to support more architectures, Debian decided that
+it should, too. Therefore, Debian has ports underway; in fact, we also have
+ports underway to non-Linux kernels, including <literal>hurd</literal> and
+<literal>kfreebsd</literal>. Aside from <literal>i386</literal> (our
+name for 32bit Intel x86), there are a dozen other architectures Debian runs
+on, including <literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>amd64</literal>,
+<literal>armel</literal>, <literal>powerpc</literal>,
+<literal>sparc</literal>, <literal>s390</literal>,
+<literal>mipsel</literal> and <literal>sh</literal> at this writing.
</para>
<para>
-&debian-formal; 1.3 is only available as <literal>i386</literal>. Debian
+&debian-formal; 1.3 was only available as <literal>i386</literal>. Debian
2.0 shipped for <literal>i386</literal> and <literal>m68k</literal>
-architectures. Debian 2.1 ships for the <literal>i386</literal>,
+architectures. Debian 2.1 shipped for the <literal>i386</literal>,
<literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>alpha</literal>, and
-<literal>sparc</literal> architectures. Debian 2.2 added support for the
-<literal>powerpc</literal> and <literal>arm</literal> architectures.
-Debian 3.0 added support of five new architectures: <literal>ia64</literal>,
-<literal>hppa</literal>, <literal>s390</literal>, <literal>mips</literal>
-and <literal>mipsel</literal>.
+<literal>sparc</literal> architectures. Since then Debian has grown hugely.
+Debian 5 supports a total of twelve architectures, including
+<literal>m68k</literal>, <literal>amd64</literal>,
+<literal>armel</literal>, <literal>powerpc</literal>,
+<literal>sparc</literal>, <literal>s390</literal>,
+<literal>mipsel</literal> and <literal>sh</literal>
+
</para>
<para>
Information for developers and users about the specific ports are available at
Index: common.ent
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--- common.ent (revision 7057)
+++ common.ent (working copy)
@@ -168,27 +168,27 @@
<!ENTITY sample-dist-dirtree "<screen>dists/stable/main/
dists/stable/main/binary-i386/
-dists/stable/main/binary-m68k/
-dists/stable/main/binary-alpha/
+dists/stable/main/binary-mipsel/
+dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/
...
dists/stable/main/source/
...
dists/stable/main/disks-i386/
-dists/stable/main/disks-m68k/
-dists/stable/main/disks-alpha/
+dists/stable/main/disks-mipsel/
+dists/stable/main/disks-amd64/
...
dists/stable/contrib/
dists/stable/contrib/binary-i386/
-dists/stable/contrib/binary-m68k/
-dists/stable/contrib/binary-alpha/
+dists/stable/contrib/binary-mipsel/
+dists/stable/contrib/binary-amd64/
...
dists/stable/contrib/source/
dists/stable/non-free/
dists/stable/non-free/binary-i386/
-dists/stable/non-free/binary-m68k/
-dists/stable/non-free/binary-alpha/
+dists/stable/non-free/binary-mipsel/
+dists/stable/non-free/binary-amd64/
...
dists/stable/non-free/source/
