Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-28 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 29-02-2008 08:12:34 +0100, Ben de Groot wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Bernd Steinhauser wrote: > |> Though, if for instance amd64-fbsd would be introduced, > | Will that happen? (Asking because I might be interested in testing such > | a setup.) > > I would be int

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-28 Thread Ben de Groot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Bernd Steinhauser wrote: |> Though, if for instance amd64-fbsd would be introduced, | Will that happen? (Asking because I might be interested in testing such | a setup.) I would be interested as well, especially if based on FreeBSD-7. | Wouldn't it

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-28 Thread Bernd Steinhauser
Fabian Groffen schrieb: Though, if for instance amd64-fbsd would be introduced, Will that happen? (Asking because I might be interested in testing such a setup.) I think this keyword should have something more generic arch instead, like the x64 we use in prefix now Wouldn't it be more cle

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-21 Thread Marius Mauch
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:40:23 +0100 Fabian Groffen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 20-02-2008 19:23:26 +0100, Marius Mauch wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:59:11 -0500 > > "William L. Thomson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Please excuse my ignorance if this is a naive comment or has be

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-20 Thread Christoph Mende
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:59:11 -0500 "William L. Thomson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Unless the work to do that is greater than the value of the change. It most likely is. And beside of that: amd64 is the technically correct term. :p signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-20 Thread Fabian Groffen
On 20-02-2008 19:23:26 +0100, Marius Mauch wrote: > On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:59:11 -0500 > "William L. Thomson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please excuse my ignorance if this is a naive comment or has been > > brought up before. With all the non amd processors now with 64bit > > support. am

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-20 Thread Marius Mauch
On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 12:59:11 -0500 "William L. Thomson Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please excuse my ignorance if this is a naive comment or has been > brought up before. With all the non amd processors now with 64bit > support. amd64 as a keyword seems a bit odd and off maybe. > > What's th

Re: [gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-20 Thread Rémi Cardona
William L. Thomson Jr. a écrit : Please excuse my ignorance if this is a naive comment or has been brought up before. With all the non amd processors now with 64bit support. amd64 as a keyword seems a bit odd and off maybe. I think we'd already discussed this a while back, and decided not to c

[gentoo-dev] Keyword amd64 -> x86_64

2008-02-20 Thread William L. Thomson Jr.
Please excuse my ignorance if this is a naive comment or has been brought up before. With all the non amd processors now with 64bit support. amd64 as a keyword seems a bit odd and off maybe. What's the possibility of switching amd64 to x86_64? Unless the work to do that is greater than the value