Misleading directory names

[Przemysław Pawełczyk]

On Tue, 28 Sep 2010 03:30:28 -0600
"Samuel J. Greear" <sjg at evilcode.net> wrote:

> 2010/9/28 Przemysław Pawełczyk <pp_o2 at o2.pl>:
> > Hi,
> >
> > Listing from http://avalon.dragonflybsd.org/packages/
> >
> > Name         Last modified      Size  Description
> > Parent Directory                  -
> > README Â  Â  Â  18-May-2010 02:45 Â 1.3K
> > amd64/ Â  Â  Â  24-Aug-2010 23:56 Â  Â -
> > i386/ Â  Â  Â  Â 27-Sep-2010 20:59 Â  Â -
> > x86_64/ Â  Â  Â 24-Aug-2010 23:56 Â  Â -
> >
> > Why there are two __identical__ directories under __two__ different
> > names which stand for the same contents?
> >
> > Excerpt from README:
> >
> > What's here
> > ------------
> >
> > The i386 directory contains packages built on 32-bit DragonFly
> > systems. The amd64/x86_64 directores contains packages built on
> > 64-bit DragonFly systems.
> >
> > (amd64 and x86_64 are the same thing here)
> > Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â  Â ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >
> > Why the mess?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > --
> > Przemysław Pawełczyk (P2O2) [pron. Pshemislav Paveltchick]
> > http://pp.blast.pl, pp_o2 at o2.pl
> >
> 
> Our x86_64 branch used to be called amd64, it's just legacy.
> 
> Sam

Hi,

1. Having DFBSD so young and calling former releases "a legacy" is kinda
hoity-toity. ;-) AFAIK the DFBSD is not __finished__ yet so former
versions were at best development releases.

2. Would you put the information about legacy into every nook and
cranny of DFBSD documentation? Nope. What's the purpose then to litter
DFBSD and mirror servers with the Doublespeak? ;-) Let bygones be
bygones. ;-)

Regards

-- 
Przemysław Pawełczyk (P2O2) [pron. Pshemislav Paveltchick]
http://pp.blast.pl, pp_o2 at o2.pl
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