Hi Arthur, At DebConf, the release team has discussed the state of the various Debian ports and their viability for squeeze, and a number of concerns were expressed about alpha.
I've added a couple more serious issues to the list on <http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-al...@lists.debian.org> which will need attention in order for alpha to release with squeeze, and I'm also told that upstream support for alpha has continued to atrophy - including poor kernel+glibc support, because there is no one taking care of the implementations of new syscalls for the kernel. Buildd statistics at https://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-quarter-big.png and https://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph2-quarter-big.png are also heading the wrong way, and a recent thread on debian-alpha shows that eglibc 2.10 currently fails its testsuite. Furthermore, I'm told that some Debian folks have been trying to contact you about other matters, but that you may have been unresponsive due to real life committments. Do you still intend to carry the alpha port on your own? At this point, it doesn't look like it will be releasable with squeeze. The release team assessment is that there need to be signs that this is changing over the next month, or else alpha should be dropped from the release planning. Could you please let us know whether you will have time to work on this? Awaiting your reply, -- Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world. Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/ slanga...@ubuntu.com vor...@debian.org -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-alpha-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org