[CentOS-devel] Proposal: CentOS x86 SIG

Tue Feb 28 18:47:04 UTC 2023
Florian Weimer <fweimer at redhat.com>

* Marcin Juszkiewicz:

> W dniu 27.02.2023 o 22:54, Josh Boyer pisze:
>>> I also would not suggest calling this the x86 SIG, since that is
>>> misleading. Consider expanding to compiler flag analysis and tuning
>
>> I don't think it's misleading at all.
>
> My first thought was "Oh, no! Someone wants to revive 32-bit x86 back
> from grave!" so yes, it is misleading.

I really thought the meaning has largely shifted to 64 bits now, like it
previously shifted from 16 bits to 32 bits.

If - will be allowed in all the required places (except the RPM
architecture name itself), we can certainly call it the x86-64 SIG.

Thanks,
Florian