It really sucks that we reached this point. But since proper communication has failed horribly to resolve this, I recognise there's no other way.
Seconded. On Tue, Jul 13, 2004 at 02:43:59PM +0200, Josselin Mouette wrote: > The Debian project, > > based on its Social Contract stating that its priorities are its users > and free software, > > recognizing that the AMD64-based architectures are likely to become the > most widespread on personal computers and workstations in a near future, > > and acknowledging that its users want to take advantage of all this > architecture's features, > > hereby resolves: > > 1. that the next Debian GNU/Linux release, codenamed "sarge", will > include the "amd64" architecture, based on the work currently hosted > at http://debian-amd64.alioth.debian.org/ ; > 2. that non-compliance of that "amd64" distribution with the Linux > Standard Base specification for IA32 will not be considered a > release-critical bug; > 3. that we will include it immediately in the "sid" distribution and > auto-building infrastructure, and take all appropriate steps so > that inclusion won't delay the release of "sarge" any further. > > Rationale: > > With our current release timeframe, AMD64 is likely to become the most > sold architecture for personal computers way before the release that > will follow sarge. If we don't release sarge with AMD64 support, our > users will be very disappointed. The popularity of the debian-amd64 > project just shows what they are waiting for. > > Furthermore, the AMD64 architecture is mostly ready. It now builds just > as many packages as our other release architectures, and it has a > working installer. > > The only valid reasons for not including it are lack of LSB compliance > (which can still be easily achieved with a i386 chroot) and mirror space > (which will be saved using partial mirroring). Another reason seems to > be the lack of cooperation of some developers. This resolution intends > to make everyone cooperate in this direction. Of course, the author of > this resolution would welcome if the people responsible would just do > it, thereby making this resolution superfluous. > > > I'm looking for seconds for this proposal, and I hope this can be > discussed quickly so that it doesn't delay the release for too long. > -- > .''`. Josselin Mouette /\./\ > : :' : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `. `' [EMAIL PROTECTED] > `- Debian GNU/Linux -- The power of freedom -- Robert Millan "[..] but the delight and pride of Aule is in the deed of making, and in the thing made, and neither in possession nor in his own mastery; wherefore he gives and hoards not, and is free from care, passing ever on to some new work." -- J.R.R.T., Ainulindale (Silmarillion)
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