RFC: Primary architecture promotion requirements
Kevin Kofler
kevin.kofler at chello.at
Tue Mar 20 22:33:33 UTC 2012
Brendan Conoboy wrote:
> On 03/20/2012 12:03 PM, Chris Adams wrote:
>> Okay, but why is ARM-as-primary-arch an early step, and not near the
>> end? Increasing the developer and engineering burden across the whole
>> project should not be done for a small target audience.
>
> Really there is no beginning and no end, so we're somewhere in the
> middle ;-) ARM-as-secondary was earlier. ARM-as-primary is next.
> Fedora-on-tablets is later. Fedora-on-cellphones is later. The bottom
> line is that Fedora is an rpm-based native-built operating system, so
> ARM servers come first. Fedora isn't currently built to run efficiently
> and smoothly on embedded devices. That's okay, it's nice to have
> followup projects. Meanwhile ARM servers are going to be important too.
You haven't answered his question: why would ARM-as-primary come before
Fedora-on-tablets and Fedora-on-cellphones? Those can be perfectly supported
using the secondary architecture infrastructure (or if not, we need to
improve that infrastructure).
Kevin Kofler
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