RFC: Primary architecture promotion requirements

Chris Adams cmadams at hiwaay.net
Tue Mar 20 19:03:41 UTC 2012


Once upon a time, Brendan Conoboy <blc at redhat.com> said:
> Believe me, I want to target those CPUs, but no single proposal can 
> include all the steps necessary to get there.  Think of ARM-on-primary 
> as the first of many steps designed to get us there.  If you've ever 
> climbed a mountain you'll know that the trick getting to the top is to 
> put one foot in front of the other.  This is just a step along the way.

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.
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Chris Adams <cmadams at hiwaay.net>
Systems and Network Administrator - HiWAAY Internet Services
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