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From: Marcel Moolenaar <marcel@xcllnt.net>
To: Daniel Eischen <eischen@vigrid.com>
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On Sun, Jun 06, 2004 at 05:27:56PM -0400, Daniel Eischen wrote:
> 
> > As for alpha, we don't even seem to be able to degrade it to tier 2
> > without losing face. kris@ has already stopped package builds for it
> > for his own sake.
> 
> We shouldn't keep an arch at tier 1 just to save face.  Better to just
> lower it to tier 2 and be done with it.  My $.02, FWIW.

You misunderstand my statement. Lowering alpha to tier 2 is what I
suggested multiple times before. The point is that we haven't yet
and alpha is degenerating more and more while we fail to adjust
the tierness. That's where we fail to save face.

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 Marcel Moolenaar	  USPA: A-39004		 marcel@xcllnt.net