Andreas Tille <ti...@debian.org> writes:

> Question: Is real m68k hardware used at all or is it just some people
> like you who run qemu instances for whatever reason?  This is an honest
> question since I'm pretty sure that no scientific software (like R and
> others) have any use on m68k and I'm afraid it just drains time from
> you (and other porters) and maintainers.

My understanding is that there are still some users with actual
hardware, but the autobuilders use qemu for better performance and/or
reliability, which I admit doesn't say much for the hardware. ;-)

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