Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2024-05-08 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Tue, 7 May 2024 at 01:20, Guillem Jover wrote: > On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 01:07:59 +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > > On 03.05.24 11:27, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:27:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > > Some of the above problems could perhaps be avoided if we

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2024-05-06 Thread Guillem Jover
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 01:07:59 +0200, Matthias Klose wrote: > On 03.05.24 11:27, Julian Andres Klode wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:27:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > Some of the above problems could perhaps be avoided if we introduced > > > a concept of architecture aliases/ISAs

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2024-05-03 Thread Matthias Klose
On 03.05.24 11:27, Julian Andres Klode wrote: On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:27:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: Hi! On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 08:43:55 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: Recently the topic of exploiting newer instructions without dropping support for older machines has come up

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2024-05-03 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Wed, Sep 06, 2023 at 11:27:02AM +0200, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 08:43:55 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > Recently the topic of exploiting newer instructions without dropping > > support for older machines has come up several times inside Ubuntu > >

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-11-29 Thread Julian Andres Klode
On Fri, Nov 03, 2023 at 02:02:37PM +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, 2023-11-02 at 15:27:54 +, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 09:21, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > This can be used among other things to set up foreign chroots, by > > > running the host tools,

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-11-22 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Sat, 4 Nov 2023 at 02:02, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, 2023-11-02 at 15:27:54 +, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 09:21, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > This can be used among other things to set up foreign chroots, by > > > running the host tools, so

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-11-03 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Thu, 2023-11-02 at 15:27:54 +, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 09:21, Guillem Jover wrote: > > This can be used among other things to set up foreign chroots, by > > running the host tools, so disallowing installation could be > > problematic. Even though I guess

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-11-02 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023 at 09:21, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > > On Thu, 2023-09-21 at 14:43:42 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > Thanks for the considered response. And sorry for the very slow reply. > > Idem! :) > > > On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 21:27, Guillem Jover wrote: > > > I'm not sure I

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-10-31 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Thu, 2023-09-21 at 14:43:42 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > Thanks for the considered response. And sorry for the very slow reply. Idem! :) > On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 21:27, Guillem Jover wrote: > > I'm not sure I entirely agree with the requirements you set forth > > though: > > > >

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-09-20 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
On Wed, 6 Sept 2023 at 21:27, Guillem Jover wrote: > Hi! > Hi! Thanks for the considered response. And sorry for the very slow reply. > On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 08:43:55 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > > Recently the topic of exploiting newer instructions without dropping > > support for

Re: Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-09-06 Thread Guillem Jover
Hi! On Fri, 2023-09-01 at 08:43:55 +1200, Michael Hudson-Doyle wrote: > Recently the topic of exploiting newer instructions without dropping > support for older machines has come up several times inside Ubuntu > engineering. I understand this topic has come up several times in the past > for

Architecture variants for Debian / Ubuntu

2023-08-31 Thread Michael Hudson-Doyle
Hi, Recently the topic of exploiting newer instructions without dropping support for older machines has come up several times inside Ubuntu engineering. I understand this topic has come up several times in the past for Debian as well, but nothing has really come of it to date. I've spent a while