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Re: Misleading directory names


From: Przemysław Pawełczyk <pp_o2@xxxxx>
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2010 11:46:25 +0200

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:30:28 -0600
"Samuel J. Greear" <sjg@evilcode.net> wrote:

> 2010/9/28 Przemysław Pawełczyk <pp_o2@o2.pl>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Listing from http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/packages/
> >
> > Name         Last modified      Size  Description
> > Parent Directory                  -
> > README       18-May-2010 02:45  1.3K
> > amd64/       24-Aug-2010 23:56    -
> > i386/        27-Sep-2010 20:59    -
> > x86_64/      24-Aug-2010 23:56    -
> >
> > Why there are two __identical__ directories under __two__ different
> > names which stand for the same contents?
> >
> > Excerpt from README:
> >
> > What's here
> > ------------
> >
> > The i386 directory contains packages built on 32-bit DragonFly
> > systems. The amd64/x86_64 directores contains packages built on
> > 64-bit DragonFly systems.
> >
> > (amd64 and x86_64 are the same thing here)
> >                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Why the mess?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Przemysław Pawełczyk (P2O2) [pron. Pshemislav Paveltchick]
> > http://pp.blast.pl, pp_o2@o2.pl
> >
> 
> Our x86_64 branch used to be called amd64, it's just legacy.
> 
> Sam

Hi,

1. Having DFBSD so young and calling former releases "a legacy" is kinda
hoity-toity. ;-) AFAIK the DFBSD is not __finished__ yet so former
versions were at best development releases.

2. Would you put the information about legacy into every nook and
cranny of DFBSD documentation? Nope. What's the purpose then to litter
DFBSD and mirror servers with the Doublespeak? ;-) Let bygones be
bygones. ;-)

Regards

-- 
Przemysław Pawełczyk (P2O2) [pron. Pshemislav Paveltchick]
http://pp.blast.pl, pp_o2@o2.pl

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