Re: Status of Debian-Alpha
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---"Christopher C. Chimelis" <chris@beezer.med.miami.edu> wrote:
>
> Tan Wee Yeh wrote:
> >
> > Sorry to pop into this list just like that but I would like
> > to know the status of the debian alpha port. We have an DEC
> > workstation hanging around but the installation DEC did for
> > us is rather messy and we are looking for an alternative OS.
> > Debian came to mind since I'm using hamm-i386 without any
> > problems and am rather familiar with debian's organisation.
> > My supervisor gave a go-ahead but to play safe, I would like
> > to know if this is "stable" enough for a general work
> > machine and an estimate on amount of space required for a
> > rather extensive installation (means development tools, X,
> > tcl/tk, perl...). I can probably fix some of the problems
> > myself if they are not too serious.
>
> Right now, I would say that Debian-Alpha is very stable and usable for
> most tasks. I've been using it to generate Debian packages for awhile
> now (over six months) and haven't had any major problems to speak of.
> As for the space estimate, I've got every development tool known to
> man (save X and emacs) installed on my UDB and everything fits in
> about 400MB of space. I doubt you'll need most of the libs that I
> have installed, though, so you could probably get away with a trimmer
> installation.
>
> > Btw, I am also looking forward to becoming a maintainer for
> > the alpha port but perhaps should first get an alpha
> > installation working :P.
>
> That would be cool :-) There are a handful of us working on the port
> still, so any assistance would, of course, be appreciated. What kind
> of workstation do you have, out of curiosity.
>
> Chris
>
> PS...I moved this discussion to the debian-alpha list since it's
> Alpha-only anyway :)
>
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