noarch vs. all, x86_64 vs. amd64, kernel vs. linux and PAE

Roberto Ragusa mail at robertoragusa.it
Sun Aug 16 08:47:09 UTC 2015


On 08/14/2015 02:38 PM, Wei-Lun Chao wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Is there already any discussion about:
> rename arch name "noarch" to "all"
> rename arch name "x86_64" to "amd64"
> rename package name "kernel-PAE" to "kernel"
> and even rename package name "kernel" to "linux"

IMHO

kernel-PAE -> kernel is reasonable, if the nonPAE is suppressed

x86_64 -> amd64 is a good idea, as the architecture was created
by AMD; dropping an underscore is nice too

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   Roberto Ragusa    mail at robertoragusa.it


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