On Wed, Jun 17, 2009 at 3:55 PM, Mike Chambers<mike@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Question is, how reliable would smolt be, if you don't know how many > more are *not* reporting to smolt anyway, via not on internet but on > just a local network? I'll take it with a grain of salt...but I've no a priori reason to think that the number of 32bit installs on 64bit hardware would be unrepresentative....if we exclude virtualized installs completely. I'm not trying to compare the existence of 32bit to 64bit hardware.... just 32bit OS installs on 64bit hardware as a subset of all registered 64bit hardware. Just looking at 64bit hardware doesn't have the same sort of legacy or geographic distribution caveats that 32bit does with regard to re-purposed equipment. 64bit stuff just hasn't been around long enough. If 32bit installs on 64bit hardware is a tiny percentage of the registered smolt installs i doubt seriously its going to a majority situation for 64bit hardware in the wild. If its 20% or more as a function registered 64bit hardware..its a big enough population to try to account for in how we communicate a change in policy with regard to 32bit. I'm not suggesting that policy decision be based on this numbers..I'm saying that how we communicate a change in policy should have these numbers in mind when generating Release specific talking points for the release where the change impacts potential install scenarios.. -jef -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
