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Using "x86_64" is preferred over "amd64" for arch name #213

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cboulay opened this issue May 21, 2024 · 1 comment
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Using "x86_64" is preferred over "amd64" for arch name #213

cboulay opened this issue May 21, 2024 · 1 comment

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@cboulay
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cboulay commented May 21, 2024

If we replace amd64 with x86_64 in the second line here then all of our packaged binaries will get the x86_64 suffix instead of amd64. x86_64 is generally preferred because it is less likely to cause confusion about processor manufacturers.

e.g., https://askubuntu.com/questions/608744/is-it-a-problem-to-have-packages-with-amd64-architecture-when-i-have-an-intel

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At least Debian (+Ubuntu) has amd64 as official architecture name and it's a change that would need to happen in every downstream project. Other than that, I'm not opposed.

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