On Tue, Feb 16, 2010 at 10:46, Christopher Intemann <intem...@gmail.com> wrote: > Since MeeGo is about to be released as well for the ARM as the Intel > platform, I really wonder whether either of the package formats (rpm/deb) > has the capability to include both binaries (ARM and Intel) but install > only the matching one automatically?
Why not leave it up to the builder? Our current auto-builder, and OBS (as used by Moblin & MeeGo) both support the building of multiple architectures into multiple repositories. > Of course, this would probably double the size of the rpm/deb, [...] ...and so the download. > It would then be more transparent for the enduser to install additional > packages without having to think of their hardware architecture... Surely the user is going to be getting the package through some kind of package manager which makes the distinction moot? How often have you had to decide between i386 or armel debs on your Maemo device to date? Cheers, Andrew -- Andrew Flegg -- mailto:and...@bleb.org | http://www.bleb.org/ _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
