Re: x86_64

On Wed, 9 Feb 2005, David L. Parsley wrote:

> Hi,
>
>> Hi David!
>>
>> Even though I really like the era of machines running on steam :) do you
>> have any news on Tao 1.0 x86_64? Or will the nexrt 64 bit version of Tao
>> that will see the light be RHEL4?
>
> I don't have any good news on this yet; I had one good person volunteer
> to do x86_64, but he's really busy with his new job and not sure when
> it'll start.  Certainly I'll have no hard feelings for those who switch
> to CentOS, which has (AFAIK) a current x86_64 port.
>
> Also, on a side note, I can't really speak for other arch maintainers.
> We have no plans at AU to start using AMD64, so I have no plans to
> maintain that platform myself.  So, I don't really want to make
> promises.

Fair enough, thanks for the clear explanation.

Best regards!
Remco


>
> regards,
> 	David
>
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Remco
>>
>