On 10/24/11 15:27, Damyan Ivanov wrote: >> We had that port in FB1, but later cleaned it up. And I see no >> reasons to return to it. > I'd suggest to not put too much effort into that or any other port. > Let people interested in the port submit patches. I hope at least > there is an implementation ID that is available for use? >
Yes and no. There was no port for 68k linux, but were for Apollo and Sun. In head that's nto a problem at all, what about 2.5 - I suppose adding ID for it should not cause problems. > As I understand it, the request is from a Debian/m68k porter, who aims > at reaching high availability ratio for the port in order to make it > "active" again (m68k was officially deprecate when the security > support for Debian 3.1 (the last release with m68k) was stopped in > March 2008). > BTW, there is alive CPU for embedded systems with arch, compatible with 68k. Therefore may be we all will have to make it active again. > Since so many "core" packages need Firebird to build (php5, qt, mono), > they are trying to make Firebird available in order to not stop port > progress to greater archive coverage. The other possible approach is > to stop the depending core packages build their Firebird functionality > and move on, but this is somewhat last resort. > > I hope this brings some background and makes intentions clearer. > Main problem is that like that porter reported, gdb in that port does not do expected things like showing stack traces. Therefore looks like w/o serious efforts ports to that system are problematic. At least w/o my serious efforts. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The demand for IT networking professionals continues to grow, and the demand for specialized networking skills is growing even more rapidly. Take a complimentary Learning@Cisco Self-Assessment and learn about Cisco certifications, training, and career opportunities. http://p.sf.net/sfu/cisco-dev2dev Firebird-Devel mailing list, web interface at https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/firebird-devel
