On Sat, 2013-09-21 at 19:36 +0200, Émeric MASCHINO wrote: > Hi, > > I'm a long-time ia64 Debian user (> 10 years). I'm mostly focused on > desktop aspects (GNOME, Iceweasel, LibreOffice, Qt Creator, C++ 3D > software development) while most other ia64 users that I know are more > inclined on server use. > > I'm not a DD/DM, but daily update my ia64 workstation, report bugs and > do my best to provide useful information in order to get them fixed. Thank you for this. > I've also provided a couple of kernel patches in the past. I'm cross > testing with Gentoo to ensure that bugs I report are Debian-specific > or ia64-generic. > > I'll continue testing/software development activity on ia64 for the > Jessie cycle, and more generally, until Debian drops ia64. I'm already > waiting for Wayland on ia64 and other big updates. > > So please, keep ia64 in the bandwagon ;-) But I don't think ia64 is well-supported even in wheezy. The kernel doesn't boot on some common machines and no-one seems to be able to fix it. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings compatible: Gracefully accepts erroneous data from any source
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