I've been proposing this change for quite some time now, and nobody
bothered to argue for or against it. More recently, Matt did a quick
poll at the summer of code mentors' summit and the outcome was slightly
in favor of x86_64. Also, various build problems with pkgsrc originate
from our amd64 machine/platform name. That's why we decided to bite the
bullet now, before many people are starting to use the x86_64 port. I'm
sorry if you feel left out, but there is no point stalling this decision
without proper reasons. And for sure there is no reason to back out a
change singlehandedly without any sort of discussion, especially if
backing out that change means that users have a hard time following it.
I've temporarily revoked your access to crater, since you seem to have
attitude problems with our project and I fear that you might go rogue
again. You've loudly voiced backing out devfs before, and back then I
already was concerned that you might do this without proper reason and
discussion. We're a peaceful project, and I really like the way it
works. By just backing out a big change without discussion, you're
adding hostility, which we should avoid as much as possible. I am
convinced that we can keep this project civil and cozy - it's up to you
to decide whether you want to be part of that, or whether you want to
feed aggression into it.
