Re: [docbook-tc] Request to add effectivity attribute

[Norman Walsh <ndw@nwalsh.com>]

/ steven.cogorno@sun.com (Steven Cogorno) was heard to say:
| Norman Walsh said:
|> / Steve Cogorno <Steven.Cogorno@Sun.Com> was heard to say:
|> [...]
|> | While I hesitate to add a new attribute, the only alternative is for us to
|> | cram the word size into the existing attributes:
|> |
|> | OS                  Arch
|> |
|> | Solaris             SPARCv9
|> | Solaris-32          SPARCv9-32
|> | Solaris-64          SPARCv9-64
|> 
|> You wouldn't really need to reflect it in both the OS and Arch
|> attributes, would you? The OS is Solaris in each case, no?
|
| No, it could be linux on SPARC hardware.

Right, I know you need both OS and Arch, but do you really need
to distinguish the number of bits in both places? Why not:

OS                  Arch

Solaris             SPARCv9
Solaris             SPARCv9-32
Solaris             SPARCv9-64
Linux               SPARCv9-32
etc.

(But I'm only asking out of curiosity.)

                                        Be seeing you,
                                          norm

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