* Joey Hess [Sun, 03 Oct 2004 12:54:21 -0400]: > Andres Salomon wrote: > > Given d-i's memory requirements, and the fact that you'd be hard-pressed > > to find a (desktop) 386 system with more than 16 megs of memory, I don't > > consider debian 3.1 to be a viable candidate for installing onto a 386. > > Also, note that if we do drop 386 support, I will rename > > kernel-image-2.6.8-386 to kernel-image-2.6.8-486, and update > > optimizations accordingly.
> I have no opinion on 386 support, but it's too late to go changing > kernel package names for sarge. d-i relies on the current names, and > this sort of transition will likely set us back days or weeks on our > release schedule. would it be a problem to actually update optimizations as Andres proposes, but without changing packages? that is, *if* finally sarge ships without plain i386 support and that is clearly noted in the release notes. -- Adeodato Simó EM: asp16 [ykwim] alu.ua.es | PK: DA6AE621 Listening to: Aphex Twin - Xtal The reasonable man adapts himself to the world; the unreasonable one persists in trying to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man. -- George Bernard Shaw