[KLUG Members] Re: My suggestion on organizing binary CDs for x86 chip-specific optimizations

[Bruce Smith]

> > Good luck!  It would be nice if Redhat did that.
> > If redhat comes out with more CD's for more CPU's, I'll download them,
> > use them, sell them at KLUG and even keep a couple updated as BSware. 
> > However anyone running a 386/486 is going to be out of luck for BSware
> > CDs!  These days you can buy a P5/P6 system cheaper than the list price
> > for the Redhat packaged box set!  :-)
> 
> But you'd still might want the "default" one for people that have both
> Pentium and Athlon systems.  Either that, or if you're going to include
> both CD #1s, how much additional effort is it to add a 3rd???

Depends on how Redhat organizes their CDs.  If the 386/486 stuff is
completely isolated on their own CDs, which are not needed for any other
installs, then screw 'em, they're gone from BSware!  I'm not spending
any effort on CDs to support that old of hardware.  

If BSware was based on Mandrake, there is NO way I'd be maintaining the
i386 version of the distribution.  i586 or above - ONLY.

Since we have no idea how Redhat might organize the CDs, not to mention
_IF_ they are going to do anything like this, we're just speculating.
If/when this ever happens, then I'll decide what BSware will support.

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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