Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:12:36 +0400 From: Alexander Pyhalov <alp@rsu.ru> To: Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@phk.freebsd.dk> Cc: current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: ABI/architecture identification for packages Message-ID: <4F682DE4.5010406@rsu.ru> In-Reply-To: <69607.1332224677@critter.freebsd.dk> References: <69607.1332224677@critter.freebsd.dk>
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Hello. On 03/20/2012 10:24, Poul-Henning Kamp wrote: > In message<20120319215802.GC1692@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. -- Best regards, Alexander Pyhalov, system administrator of Computer Center of Southern Federal University
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