In line with the subject of porting / obsolescence, I should mention that some not terribly old UltraSPARC systems (my Ultra 10 for example) are not even supported by Sun in Solaris 10.
If we quit supporting these, I think they will just quit working. --- Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > We project that applying these rules for etch will reduce the set > of > > > candidate architectures from 11 to approximately 4 (i386, > powerpc, ia64 > > > and amd64 -- which will be added after sarge's release when > mirror space > > > > no sparc here. > > > > After speaking to Andreas Barth, asking, why sparc might become > SCC, he > > pointed my to the last release update where it says: > > > > | It's for this reason that all architectures are > > | required to be synced to the same kernel version for sarge, but > even so, > > | more per-architecture kernel help is needed, particularly for the > sparc > > | and the arm port. > > > > So we seem to have a lack of sparc kernel hackers/developers. > > I myself are using Debian on sparc very much, but do not have the > > knowledge with sparc kernels to help here. > I know a little and would be willing to help if it meant that sparc > would stay a 'first class citizen'. I don't have much time but I > suspect that a little time given to helping Debian/SPARC would be > better > than having to port everything I run to a different distro / UNIX > just > to have consistancy. > > > The only thing i could do here is testing, testing, testing... > > > > > - 5 developers who will use or work on the port must send in > > > signed requests for its addition > > > > > > - the port must demonstrate that they have at least 50 users > > > > That should be possible somehow. > Guess so. > > Is there anyone 'in charge' of the Debian/sparc port or anyone > co-ordinating the fight to keep Debian/sparc a live port? > > Cheers, > - Martin > > -- > Martin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Seasons change, things come to pass" > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]