My humble opinion as an occassional user of Debian-powerpc.
One of the selling points of Free Software in general, and Debian in particular, is that the people doing the coding are the people in charge. If this fails to happen then the decision process must be refined. I have not followed the discussion in full (I only read debian-powerpc), but in this case it looks like Sven is doing the coding and other people are trying to tell him what to do and not to do. This is really hurting Debian in the mid- and long-term. Please, please find a way to work together. Debian is the finest distro around for administration, and hardware support should also be first class. Un saludo, Alex Fernández.