PPC has been dropped as a release architecture in Debian. It's not looking too good there.
On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 4:43 PM, Israel <israeld...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 11/16/2016 04:58 PM, Walter Lapchynski wrote: > > Aere: I think what Ubuntu is discussing is removing i386/x86/32-bit, i.e. > going all amd64/x64/64-bit. And yes, it would very negatively impact many > Lubuntu users as well as the goals of the Lubuntu project as a whole. > > Unfortunately, I was not able to make it to the session. For those of us > in the same boat, here's some links: > * YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXzYG4d7poQ > * EtherPad: http://pad.ubuntu.com/uos-1611-architecture-discussions > * IRC: https://irclogs.ubuntu.com/2016/11/16/%23ubuntu-uos- > core.html#t14:55 > > The majority of this conversation concerned PPC. I think the long answer > is there are some rather annoying endian bugs and a yaboot issue that no > one currently supporting PPC (Lubuntu, Ubuntu MATE, Ubuntu Server) has the > resources to deal with. Not to mention upstream. I'll let those leading the > discussion (cc'd) confirm this, but it sounds like by when support for > existing PPC releases end, it will be time to stop providing any sort of > PPC images. > > As far as my perspective is concerned, I'm perfectly happy with dropping > PPC. It makes me sad. PPC brought me to the Lubuntu community. However, it > becomes increasingly harder to make PPC users happy. The successes that we > have had in recent times are largely by accident. Neither Lubuntu nor > Ubuntu MATE have the resources to support PPC. It does sound like Ubuntu > Server will be dropping PPC. I think it only makes sense for us to follow > suit. > > Apparently, there are plans in place to evaluate the health of the PPC > port during the Z cycle and so a decision on removing PPC from the archives > will likely come in 6 months time. Even then, it sounds like that's going > to be a temporary delay to PPC's inevitable removal. > > We can still use Debian PPC if Ubuntu drops support, and Debian currently > supports PPAs, though PPC could only use non-binary PPAs (icons/gtk > themes/scripts/python programs/etc) > Could there be a push to get some of the Lubuntu goodies upstream to > Debian? I am thinking of things like Rafael's artwork specifically. There > are not too many Lubuntu specific programs not available in Debian, that I > am aware of. > > -- > Regards > > > -- > Lubuntu-users mailing list > Lubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/ > mailman/listinfo/lubuntu-users > > -- @wxl | polka.bike C563 CAC5 8BE1 2F22 A49D 68F6 8B57 A48B C4F2 051A
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