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

[Reindl Harald]

Am 16.08.2015 um 10:55 schrieb Reindl Harald:
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> Am 16.08.2015 um 10:47 schrieb Roberto Ragusa:
>> 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
>
> yes
>
>> x86_64 -> amd64 is a good idea, as the architecture was created
>> by AMD; dropping an underscore is nice too
>
> no the architecture was created by Intel
>
> AMD added the 64bit capabilities in a compatible way other than Intel
> itself tried with Itanium which was not able to run i686 instructions
> and later Intel was forced to license the AMD extensions
>
> so no, it is a terrible idea rename x86_64 to AMD64 because it suggests
> "that's not for Intel CPUs" and it's proven that people think that when
> read only "AMD"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#AMD64
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X86-64#Intel_64

so we support only AMD64?
really?
written on x64_64 Fedora on a Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-3770 CPU @ 3.40GH


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