Hello!
Since Debian powerpc was recently announced to be removed as a release
architecture,
I would like to formally request to move the port to Debian Ports as there
still seems
to be quite some demand among users [1].
My suggestion would be to set up some instances on IBM's POWER cloud (hence
There is some hope then...
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <
casca...@minaslivre.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 04:34:15PM -0700, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
> > I have they in the past kept and architecture that was dropped as a
> release
> > arch?
>
> GN
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 04:34:15PM -0700, Herminio Hernandez, Jr. wrote:
> I have they in the past kept and architecture that was dropped as a release
> arch?
GNU/kFreeBSD was released as a technology preview for squeeze, kept as
TP in wheezy, then not made part of the jessie. I can't find it in
t
No there is no lts for ppc only i386, amd64, and arm
https://wiki.debian.org/LTS/
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:13 PM, Rick Thomas wrote:
>
> Will there be an LTS (long-term-support) release for powerpc — best would
> be one based on Jessie?
>
>
> On Oct 31, 2016, at 6:42 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wr
I have they in the past kept and architecture that was dropped as a release
arch?
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 4:17 PM, Thadeu Lima de Souza Cascardo <
casca...@minaslivre.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:58:31PM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> >
> > On 31/10/2016 18:44, Lennart S
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 11:58:31PM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi,
>
>
> On 31/10/2016 18:44, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> > I am not a DD, or a DM, but I have certainly helped fix problems for
> > powerpc, including in language runtimes for languages I don't use.
> > Unfortunately it seems the
Will there be an LTS (long-term-support) release for powerpc — best would be
one based on Jessie?
On Oct 31, 2016, at 6:42 AM, Mathieu Malaterre wrote:
> Anyone has a summary of the powerpc specific discussion ?
>
>
> -- Forwarded message --
> [...]
> The only change from Je
Hi,
On 31/10/2016 18:44, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
I am not a DD, or a DM, but I have certainly helped fix problems for
powerpc, including in language runtimes for languages I don't use.
Unfortunately it seems the upstream for most things don't care much for
anything other than x86 and arm these
Control: retitle -1 vlc: configure.ac altivec setting broken
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 11:40:50AM +, James Cowgill wrote:
>...
> On 30/10/16 00:16, Robert Ou wrote:
> > On Sat, Oct 29, 2016 at 3:43 PM, James Cowgill wrote:
> >> Control: tags -1 help
> >> Control: severity -1 grave
> >>
> >> Hi,
i can understand about old powermac but what i dont understand is
why not made a standard ppc32 604/G3 base code compatible with all ppc systems
64 too
leave is a really bad way.
yes SPE is another thing, but i think Adrian is working hard for this port .
Luigi
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On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 05:00:35PM +, luigi burdo wrote:
> and not only Riccardo,
> if we count amcc 44x , chrp, Xe and e500,e600 in addition to 32bit and
> G5,Power5,6,7 and e5500,e6500 and P6T...
> read about this news is a really punch in the stomac for all user,dev and
> factory who beliv
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 05:45:30PM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> I think nobody ever got back.. we got dropped. Are we "dead" ? I don't feel
> dead bu apparently we just got declared so. All the nice G3 and G4
> hardware...
I am more concerned with the embedded systems still being produced,
and
and not only Riccardo,
if we count amcc 44x , chrp, Xe and e500,e600 in addition to 32bit and
G5,Power5,6,7 and e5500,e6500 and P6T...
read about this news is a really punch in the stomac for all user,dev and
factory who belive in BE ppc.
luigi
Inviato da iPad
> Il giorno 31 ott 2016, alle ore
Hi,
Lennart Sorensen wrote:
Well as pointed out in the meeting, it does not seem any architecture
has ever done so. No rule against it, but the standards for getting in
are higher than for staying in.
I think nobody ever got back.. we got dropped. Are we "dead" ? I don't
feel dead bu apparen
I saw that after I asked the question. It just really stinks.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 31, 2016, at 9:18 AM, Lennart Sorensen
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote:
>> Is there even a chance for PowerPC to return as a release architecture fo
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote:
> Is there even a chance for PowerPC to return as a release architecture for
> Debian 10 or is that just wishful thinking.
Well as pointed out in the meeting, it does not seem any architecture
has ever done so. No rule aga
Is there even a chance for PowerPC to return as a release architecture for
Debian 10 or is that just wishful thinking.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Oct 31, 2016, at 8:54 AM, Lennart Sorensen
> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 03:33:32PM +, luigi burdo wrote:
>> Really Bad news for all us
On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 03:33:32PM +, luigi burdo wrote:
> Really Bad news for all us who have a ppc64 hardware, server or emb too.
No kidding. My impression from just being on the mailing list was
that anyone that tried to step up was told they weren't qualified for
some reason.
--
Len Sor
ma...@debian.org wrote:
>Anyone has a summary of the powerpc specific discussion ?
The meeting log is at
http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2016/debian-release.2016-10-30-20.00.log.html
--
Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK.st...@einval.com
Armed with "Valor":
Really Bad news for all us who have a ppc64 hardware, server or emb too.
Luigi
Da: mathieu.malate...@gmail.com per conto di
Mathieu Malaterre
Inviato: lunedì 31 ottobre 2016 14.42
A: PowerPC List Debian
Oggetto: Fwd: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch
On 2016-10-31 13:31, Jonathan Wiltshire wrote:
The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release
architecture.
...and adding of mips64el. Oops.
--
Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org
Debian Developer http://people.de
Anyone has a summary of the powerpc specific discussion ?
-- Forwarded message --
[...]
The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release
architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took
the view that the least disservice to users of that port is to
Release architectures for Stretch will be as follows:
* amd64
* arm64
* armel
* armhf
* i386
* mips
* mips64el
* mipsel
* ppc64el
* s390x
The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release
architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took
the view
On Sun, Oct 30, 2016 at 8:14 PM, Klaus Becker wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have new passwords and new problems:
>
> - I updated Debian 8 without any problem, but:
>
> - the mouse and the mousepad of the iBook G4 will not work. Sometimes after
> system start they work some seconds, than the computer is compl
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