Re: Bits (Nybbles?) from the Vancouver release team meeting
Anthony Towns <aj@azure.humbug.org.au> writes:
> If there was an arch that was five times more popular than powerpc,
> and no one was able to just donate boxes, I'd expect we'd buy
> some. We'd already need to have /some/, just to have built the
> packages that people are downloading.
Oh, right, of course! I was just seeking clarification on what
happens next, after the boxes have been purchased. I think I
understand now; thanks to both your and Steve's answers.
> Then you start taking over the world.
(When do we steal the underpants?) :) :)
> > The announcement lists i386, powerpc, ia64, and amd64 as the expected
> > set. If that's not accurate, it would be very nice to know now.
>
> They're the expected release architectures, but ia64 and powerpc are
> still scc architectures: they have more taking over the world to do
> yet.
Oh, thanks for pointing this out. I had misread the proposal, and was
operating on the "two-tier" view in which all release architectures
are on ftp.debian.org, but now I see what Steve's email actually said.
I was very disturbed for a while by what I was misunderstanding to be
a 10% rule for release architectures. But the 10% rule is only for
ftp.debian.org, and the proposal is happy with scc.debian.org having
both released and non-released archs. I don't have any strong
opinions about where things are stored or how they are mirrored, so
that rule, which only applies to that part, is no longer on my radar
screen. Whew, cross one sweat-bead off my forehead. :)
Thomas
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