On Tue, 22 Feb 2005 22:25:25 -0500 Glenn Maynard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 23, 2005 at 03:08:11AM +0000, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: > > reports percent > > hurd-i386 1 0.0175 > > kfreebsd-i386 1 0.0175 > > ppc64 1 0.0175 > > arm 2 0.0351 > > mipsel 2 0.0351 > > m68k 3 0.0526 > > s390 4 0.0702 > > mips 5 0.0877 > > ia64 9 0.1579 > > hppa 12 0.2106 > > alpha 33 0.5790 > > sparc 47 0.8247 > > powerpc 87 1.5266 > > amd64 257 4.5096 > > i386 5235 91.8582 > > total 5699 100.0000 > > > > > > Now this shows that *amd64 is already the second most important > > arch*. We are so busy looking after the arches used by basically > > nobody that we are not getting around to releasing with what is > > becoming *the* main alternative to i386. > > Oops. You jumped from "second most common" to "second most > important", as if they're synonymous. Maybe they are to some people, > but that's not at all beyond debate: AMD64 will probably be supported > by all serious distributions, while Debian is, from what I recall, the > *only* way to get a sensible Unix installation on many of the less > common systems. Or you can debate whether something like a sparc and alpha will be used for more "important" projects than the average amd64. In that case, one sparc or alpha could carry more weight than one amd64. "Important" can be a totally different twist that's very open to definition. Jacob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
