[Debian-ppc64-devel] x libraries and powerpc/ppc64 biarch setup.

[Andreas Jochens]

On 05-Sep-23 14:03, Sven Luther wrote:
> Andreas Jochens wrote:
> > Please do not start the naming debate for the ppc64 port again. 
> > This has been discussed and decided months ago. 
> 
> Decided ? i don't think i was part of this discussion, and with the ppc/ppc64
> kernel upstream thingy changing to a single powerpc one, things did indeed
> change.

Sven, you wrote the following in that discussing on debian-devel
(see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2005/03/msg01828.html).

Sven Luther wrote:
> Notice that ppc64 is what is widely known in the outside world on anyone
> working with 64bit powerpc, that both the kernel and the toolchain use 
> it, that all the documentation referent to it uses ppc64 and that the 
> other distributions doin 64bit powerpc (gento, suze and redhat) use it 
> too, as well as all cross toolchain out there.
>
> Will we want to do something different as pure dogma, despite the cost
> involved ? 

The only voice against 'ppc64' in that discussion was from the
dpkg maintainer Scott James Remnant.

And yes, it was decided to use the name 'ppc64'. Following that
decision, this name was used by 'dpkg', 'apt', 'gcc-4.0' and
a lot of other packages.

Sven, please do not work against the ppc64 port by confusing people.

Regards
Andreas Jochens