From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Wichmann, Mats D" Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2003 20:14:54 +0000 Subject: RE: [Linux-ia64] Distributions using gcc 3.2 or later Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org > But I think we're beyond that now, and it'd be a more useful list > if it has `Most up to date release distro'. So I'd be in favour of > something like: ... > Obviously representatives from those companies should suggest better > wording & URLs than this ;-) Sadly (from some viewpoints, anyway; I don't mean to comment on anyone's business practices, it's just that we've gotten *used* to this stuff being splattered all over the net), several of the distros are taking the position that Itanium 2 distributions will fit into high-end server products only, and will not be made available for free download, at least not as ready-to-burn ISOs. I think that's why you got the "can't-find-on-website" response for Red Hat AS/AW, for example. So I'd vote for this approach: if you want to be listed, send a note to the maintainer with a pointer to the best available "how to obtain" page for that product.