Nathanael Nerode writes:
> Jan-Benedict Glaw said:
> >my point of view, you're making something marginally (at best...)
> >faster but giving up i386 compatibility (relying on a hackish emulator
> >which isn't right now available for the latest kernel).
>
> i386 compatibility already requires the emulator for all of C++, and
> hence for apt. This isn't going to change since it would change the
> C++ ABI.
giving up i386 compatibility in favour of ix86 compatibility (x > 3)
seems the better choice.
> Making the emulator available for the latest kernel is certainly
> important. Volunteering? ;-)
exactly. if there is demand for r386-linux (real 386), then you can
start it.
> >Maybe we'd go another way and build two distributions - i386 as well as
> >i486 or i586. I bet there are still i386 machines out there, but
> Feel free; this appears to have been rejected by the Debian project in
> favor of the emulator. (I can certainly understand why, since it's a
> lot easier!)
no, it has not been rejected, there are no volunteers doing it.
Matthias
