Re: Retiring the sparc32 port
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 14 Jul 2007 18:08:57 -0700, Steven Ringwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Jurij Smakov wrote: > > If there are no last-minute objections, I would like to make an > > official announcement on d-d-a that Debian is dropping support > > for sparc32 for lenny within the next couple of days. > > I, for one, will be sorry to see it go, as I actively use my SS10's and > 20's. Anyone know of any other Linux distros out there that support the > Sparc32 architecture, or am I going to have to look into something like > NetBSD going forward? I too will be sad to see it go. I love my SS5... Regards, Ozz. - -- Computers are like air conditioners... They stop working when you open Windows. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGmX48FhXEj1ek1EMRAi5qAJ0UyG89kHEavMO0+dBCVuTCdIRkZgCgx3k+ lTTdI/R9Cxf7OMp//FBgC3g= =4p8v -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: Retiring the sparc32 port
Jurij Smakov wrote: If there are no last-minute objections, I would like to make an official announcement on d-d-a that Debian is dropping support for sparc32 for lenny within the next couple of days. I, for one, will be sorry to see it go, as I actively use my SS10's and 20's. Anyone know of any other Linux distros out there that support the Sparc32 architecture, or am I going to have to look into something like NetBSD going forward? Steve -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Retiring the sparc32 port
Hi, First of all, I would like to apologize for falling out of the loop for almost 4 months. My move and settling-in period took quite a bit longer than I expected. In the meantime there was no further progress on the decision about continued sparc32 support, so I would like to address it as soon as possible. The discussion which took place in April and May did not in any way resolve the fundamental problem of sparc32: lack of people actively interested in maintaining it (please correct me if I'm wrong). Most developers involved with the sparc port didn't object to dropping it. There were a few objections, but I haven't seen any realistic plan for keeping the port afloat. Even though it appears that there were a few bugfixes for it since my departure, there is still no active upstream maintenance, so I don't think we have sufficient reasons to re-enable the sparc32 kernel builds. Without the updated kernels the debian-boot team cannot really keep the installer in sync with other architectures, which means that we have to make a decision. I don't see other option than dropping it at that point, and I would like to make it official. If there are no last-minute objections, I would like to make an official announcement on d-d-a that Debian is dropping support for sparc32 for lenny within the next couple of days. Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [EMAIL PROTECTED] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC signature.asc Description: Digital signature
