In message: <20040606220432.GA97091_at_dhcp50.pn.xcllnt.net> Marcel Moolenaar <marcel_at_xcllnt.net> writes: : On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 05:27:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote: : > : > > As for alpha, we don't even seem to be able to degrade it to tier 2 : > > without losing face. kris_at_ has already stopped package builds for it : > > for his own sake. : > : > We shouldn't keep an arch at tier 1 just to save face. Better to just : > lower it to tier 2 and be done with it. My $.02, FWIW. : : You misunderstand my statement. Lowering alpha to tier 2 is what I : suggested multiple times before. The point is that we haven't yet : and alpha is degenerating more and more while we fail to adjust : the tierness. That's where we fail to save face. I tend to agree. Tierness is a combination of politics and technical reality. The rality of the situation with alpha is that it has had no clothes long enough that it no longer reflects the Tier-1 ideas that we strive to attain. WarnerReceived on Mon Jun 07 2004 - 02:38:04 UTC
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