Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Joey Schulze
Sven Luther wrote: The DSA team does not add random machines. There is no ppc64 port, there is no need for ppc64 machines, there are powerpc build daemons and there's a powerpc porter machine which is not overloaded. Thus, no need for more machines, thus no more machines will be added.

floating point used in kernel (task=c01ff210, pc=c0003d4c)

2007-05-11 Thread hans
Hi there - I've got a G3 Powerbook Pismo with a problem similar to this post: http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2003/04/msg00609.html Wifi card lights go off, can't type anything, mouse usually still works, audio cuts, and sometimes X crashes. Etch, and now Lenny 2.6.8-powerpc floating

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 08:31:22AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: Sven Luther wrote: The DSA team does not add random machines. There is no ppc64 port, there is no need for ppc64 machines, there are powerpc build daemons and there's a powerpc porter machine which is not overloaded. Thus,

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Joey Schulze
Sven Luther wrote: But basically, you are telling me that i should take my server, and fork debian. Well, i guess given how i have been handled lately, i am seriously considering this. The debian infrastructure guys probably need some serious competition in order to be kept agile :) If you

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Ralf Saalmüller
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello to Debian-PowerPC, it's 20 day to go until the buildd for the debian powerpc port gets disconnected. To the people in charge: Please make your decision soon. To be able to make the transit in time and to stop the discussion about it.

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Friday 11 May 2007 09:50, Ralf Saalmüller wrote: it's 20 day to go until the buildd for the debian powerpc port gets disconnected. Yes, we know. But this has nothing to do with those powerpc64 machines discussed in this thread. regards, Holger pgpnMHEwZu69A.pgp Description:

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 09:27:01AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: Sven Luther wrote: But basically, you are telling me that i should take my server, and fork debian. Well, i guess given how i have been handled lately, i am seriously considering this. The debian infrastructure guys probably need

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:03:48AM +0200, Holger Levsen wrote: Hi, On Friday 11 May 2007 09:50, Ralf Saalmüller wrote: it's 20 day to go until the buildd for the debian powerpc port gets disconnected. Yes, we know. But this has nothing to do with those powerpc64 machines discussed in

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Joey Schulze
Sven Luther wrote: Ok, where is the debian powerpc64 machine, which is needed for the multiarch powerpc port ? Where is the official multiarch powerpc port that needs a Debian powerpc64 machine? Well, there is andreas jochens pure-ppc64 effort eating loads of space on alioth for

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: Sven Luther wrote: Ok, where is the debian powerpc64 machine, which is needed for the multiarch powerpc port ? Where is the official multiarch powerpc port that needs a Debian powerpc64 machine? Well, there is

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi all, although this thread is not mega-friedly, I think that it gives the opportunity to ask to the powerpc porters and buildd admins their opinion on wether Debian needs a G5 machine or not. One first argument is that G5 is faster, and that it is not because the current buildd was not

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 11:02:26AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: Sven Luther wrote: Ok, where is the debian powerpc64 machine, which is needed for the multiarch powerpc port ? Where is the

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Joey Schulze
Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: Sven Luther wrote: Ok, where is the debian powerpc64 machine, which is needed for the multiarch powerpc port ? Where is the official multiarch powerpc port that needs a Debian powerpc64

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 06:34:31PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: Hi all, although this thread is not mega-friedly, I think that it gives the opportunity to ask to the powerpc porters and buildd admins their opinion on wether Debian needs a G5 machine or not. Notice that the augsbourg

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Helmut H. Franke
Joey Schulze schrieb am Friday, 11. May 2007 um 09:27:01 +0200: |Where is the official multiarch powerpc port that needs a Debian |powerpc64 machine? First you need the computer, then you can start porting. Alles Gute Helmut H. Franke --

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Helmut H. Franke
Joey Schulze schrieb am Friday, 11. May 2007 um 11:02:26 +0200: |Sven Luther wrote: | On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 10:30:55AM +0200, Joey Schulze wrote: | Sven Luther wrote: | Ok, where is the debian powerpc64 machine, which is needed for the | multiarch powerpc port ? | |Where is the

Re: [Fwd: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home]

2007-05-11 Thread Daniel Kahn Gillmor
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I can ship it within the continental US. Please let me know if you're interested. CC me, in case I've fudged the headers on this; I no longer read debian-powerpc. Not to derail an otherwise stimulating and acrimonious

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Michael Schmitz
| Why not ? | |Because the sky is not violet today. What a rediculous, senseless answer! Unbelieveable bad! I never did expect things like this in a project like debian. You seriously should think about your positions. /lurk rant Oh thanks a lot, guys! Popping back into -powerpc to

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 06:23:34PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: Oh thanks a lot, guys! Popping back into -powerpc to check what's new, and it's the same old flaming and name-calling. Sheesh. I'm just glad Dan doesn't read -powerpc anymore. Asking a simple but rather important question, and

Re: PowerPC buildd is looking for a new home

2007-05-11 Thread Mark Brown
On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 06:34:31PM +0900, Charles Plessy wrote: But I have another concern. In my experience, some debian source packages do not build on G5 running the Debian powerpc port because their ./configure scripts get confused by the ppc64 string in the uname output. Depending on how

Building the powerpc archive on a machine having ppc64 in its uname output.

2007-05-11 Thread Charles Plessy
Hi Sven, hi all, First of all, sorry for mixing discussions about buildd relocation and usability buildds with the ppc64 string in their uname for building the powerpc port in the future. I have now separated the threads accordingly. Good luck to Voltaire in his trip. Le Fri, May 11, 2007 at