Re: noarch vs. all, x86_64 vs. amd64, kernel vs. linux and PAE

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Am 16.08.2015 um 10:55 schrieb Reindl Harald:


Am 16.08.2015 um 10:47 schrieb Roberto Ragusa:
On 08/14/2015 02:38 PM, Wei-Lun Chao wrote:
Hi,

Is there already any discussion about:
rename arch name "noarch" to "all"
rename arch name "x86_64" to "amd64"
rename package name "kernel-PAE" to "kernel"
and even rename package name "kernel" to "linux"

IMHO

kernel-PAE -> kernel is reasonable, if the nonPAE is suppressed

yes

x86_64 -> amd64 is a good idea, as the architecture was created
by AMD; dropping an underscore is nice too

no the architecture was created by Intel

AMD added the 64bit capabilities in a compatible way other than Intel
itself tried with Itanium which was not able to run i686 instructions
and later Intel was forced to license the AMD extensions

so no, it is a terrible idea rename x86_64 to AMD64 because it suggests
"that's not for Intel CPUs" and it's proven that people think that when
read only "AMD"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#AMD64
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Intel_64

so we support only AMD64?
really?
written on x64_64 Fedora on a Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GH


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