On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 06:54:49PM +0200, Volker Grabsch wrote: >I propose to add more CPU types to dpkg-architecture. In particular, >I'd like to see the different i386 architectures there, i.e. >i586, i686, k6, ... [...] >For instance, some programs with lots of calculations (e.g. mplayer) >are compiled with different processor optimizations (e.g. mplayer-i586). >Such packages are created by very redundant entries in debian/rules. >Exactly such redundancy is removed by dpkg-cross.
While there are certainly some packages which may benefit from compilation with sub-architecture optimisations, those packages are the exception rather than the norm. It may make sense to provide multiple versions of the kernel for example, and perhaps glibc... but coreutils? grep? Do you propose re-building all packages for each sub-arch? If so, please consider the resulting increace in archive size and impact on mirrors. If only a sub-set, how are you intending to change dpkg, apt and/or the archive software to handle opportunistic installation of sub-arch packages with fallback (i.e. try foo.i686, fallback to foo.i386)? --bod -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
