Re: ABI/architecture identification for packages

Hello.

On 03/20/2012 10:24, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote:
> In message<20120319215802.GC1692_at_azathoth.lan>, Baptiste Daroussin writes:
>
>> On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 10:35:08PM +0100, Baptiste Daroussin wrote:
>>> here is the identification I propose:
>>>
>>> arch-class-os-majorversion(-archi_specific_extension)
>
> Given how sparse this name-space is, you'll have less than 50
> different values, you might want to consider something more compact,
> such as a single letter for all components, and the version number last:
>
> X2F9 	= x64-32-freebsd-9
> X4F10	= x64-64-freebsd-10
> A2FB9	= arm-32-freebsd-eb_oabi-9
>
> By the time we run out of ASCII or even Unicode characters, we have
> other problems.
>

And what is a purpose of making non-human-friendly platform identifiers? 
I think, you'll gain nothing by this, but will create an unnecessary 
complication.


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Alexander Pyhalov,
system administrator of Computer Center of Southern Federal University