Stephen P. Becker wrote:
Using a single keyword would make us unable to mark for example
helixplayer (source) x86 and -amd64 at the same time (as it's now).
So package.mask it in the (now hypothetical) amd64 sub-profile, and it
is fixed.
That's exactly why i don't like the idea of merging keywords: You loose the
~arch state. Quite a big share of packages work without a single issue on x86,
but they're still experimental on amd64 (although they generally work). And x86
devs wont wait on us just because we say 'nooo, not stable enough' nor will they
fix our bugs, as most of them aren't reproducible on x86.
Also, you can't compare sparc32/sparc64 to x86/amd64: sparc64 is just a 64bit
kernel with a 32bit userland. For users who want that, there is already a
keyword: x86.
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Simon Stelling
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