Merging Arch Linux ARM with mainstream Arch Linux

Question

I just came across a thread [1] in the forums that had discussed unifying support for other architectures into mainstream ArchLinux. Although the thread was a couple of years old, there seemed to be considerable interest even then to bring in ARM support into the mainstream ArchLinux. Is there any possiblity of it happening now?
[1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=157314

Answer 1

Trilby wrote:
note, this post is just from user Trilby, not moderator Trilby
hashken wrote:merging the projects would benefit everyone as a whole, as quality talent from both projects can now work on a unified project and reduce duplication of efforts.
This sounds nice - but on what basis is this actually true?  If the criteria of unifying talent were sufficient to justify merging, then we should not only merge archlinux and archlinuxarm, but also ubuntu, mint, fedora, suse, and ever other distro out there.  All the talent would be unified.
But all that talent would then be useless, as one who is familiar with fedora may not be helpful to someone using archlinux.  Archlinuxarm is sufficiently different that one cannot assume that familiarity or proficiency in one will translate to the other.
There is a recurring case to have such a merger - and it may be well worth discussion.  But what the discussion needs is a clear assessment of pros and cons.  And a statement that merging unifies talents simply does not hold water as it simultaneously diffuses expertise.
Didn't Arch have an April Fool's joke one year about rebranding all the distros into one?