bugzilla entries for the X11R6.7 release

Roland Mainz roland.mainz at nrubsig.org
Fri Apr 2 21:23:00 PST 2004


Jim Gettys wrote:
> > As long as we're talking about bugzilla structure I've noticed we've got
> > a category called "Platform" with choices like PC, IBM, DEC, etc. IMHO
> > that's close to meaningless. The combination of architecture and
> > operating system (which we already have) is infinitely more descriptive
> > and useful. Could we please replace platform with architecture? My
> > suggestion for an initial list would include:
> >
> > x86
> > x86-64
> > ia64
> > sparc
> > alpha
> > arm
> > ppc
> > parisc
> > mips
> > other
> 
> Seems like a good idea.  I'll see if I can figure out how to
> do this tomorrow.

What about seperating "sparc" into "sparc" and "sparc64" ? Some
platforms like Solaris/SPARC support both 32bit and 64bit binaries and
most Linux/SPARC versions are either completely 32bit or completely
64bit...

BTW: Are "m68k" and Dec's VAX still supported ?

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Bye,
Roland

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