On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 12:42:54PM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > - Mirror only the popular archs. > - Support buildds for stable-enough archs that run them. > - Try to include everything in a release, but drop archs more > quickly than has been done in the past if there's a lack of > resources, but do outline what people need to do if they want the > arch included. > - For archs that weren't able to make the cut, provide .debs for the > packages which don't have RC bugs. Don't provide .debs for the > packages which have RC bugs on that architecture. Attempt to include > the archs in security updates, but if it's not built fast enough or > whatever then drop the .deb for that package and provide the source > update. A fixed .deb can be done later by whomever. > > I dunno, just some thoughts. I don't like becoming a mostly source-only > distro for less common archs. If someone wants to build the debs and > upload them, let them.
This sounds like the idea already going around of, essentially, 'build what we can'. I'm suggesting that we go a step further and enable a new segment of the user base. The turnkey people use x86 (+relatives) and PPC. The people on other arches can either step-up to provide resources to Debian, or they can build what they need. Of course, I'd rather not cut the support. But John draws, IMHO, a reasonable line in the sand. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
