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I wanted to address some issues from draft 2, I will do so below.
Comments are welcome.
* Bart Trojanowski <bart@jukie.net> [030523 18:04]:
> I will try to summarize our progress as we go along...
>
> I hope I've captured your comments accordingly.
>
> 1) starting point (what we will require to start)
> - dual boot system running SuSE 64-bit and Debian/Sid 32-bit
> - serial console access from another box/terminal server/etc.
> - a remote-access power switch to the system
> - ssh access to the box itself
>
> 2) decide on a port name
> - amd64 was suggested (I agree personally)
> - decide on the .deb naming to distinguish amd64/i386/biarch
> - who should have the final say?
- x86_64 has an advantage of being consistent with other distributions
- configure scripts and dpkg/apt tools could have amd64 as an alias
> 2) testing 32-bit user-space with 64-bit kernel
> - on the Debian/Sid partition we will run the SuSE binary kernel (to start)
> - we should be able to run simple programs
>
> 3) running 64-bit tool-chain
> - we will install Arnd's biarch compiler and libraries
> - we should be able to compile and run simple C programs
>
> 4) ability to build a 2.4.20+ 64-bit kernel natively
> - Arnd has done some progress here, but last I heard the work was not
> yet completely finished
> - we should be able to build, install, and boot a 2.4.20+ kernel.
>
> 5) port all base libraries
> - /lib64 migration for 64 bit libraries
> - we should be able to compile and run simple C programs against these
> - what are they? how many?
I had a look at the Debian Policy Manual section 2.2 which describes
package priorities [1]. I propose that we port all packages listed as
required [2], important [3], and standard [4]. In our case the order
does not matter and due to dependencies it is important to reverse the
order. There are 158 packages in total [5].
[1] http://www.debian.org/doc/debian-policy/ch-archive.html#s2.2
[2] http://www.jukie.net/~bart/debian/amd64/proposal/packages.required
[3] http://www.jukie.net/~bart/debian/amd64/proposal/packages.important
[4] http://www.jukie.net/~bart/debian/amd64/proposal/packages.standard
[5] http://www.jukie.net/~bart/debian/amd64/proposal/packages.r+i+s
I propose that at the completion of this milestone we call ourselves
'functional'.
In this step -- step 5: 'port all base libraries' -- we aim to port
libraries since that is the most challenging part of the work and
because they are the necessary evil to get to step 6, 7 and 8. There
are 41 libraries (here assumed to be part of packages containing lib)
in the above set of packages [6].
[6] http://www.jukie.net/~bart/debian/amd64/proposal/packages.libs
> 6) port packages required by autobuilder
> - what are they? how many?
I will admit that I don't know where to get autobuilder, so I don't know
what dependencies it requires. Can someone lend a hand here?
> 7) port/setup autobuilder
> - once running certain packages may need to be tweaked
>
> 8) port remaining base packages
> - what are they? how many?
I am not sure what packages will fall off in 6, but I can generate a
non-library list [7].
[7] http://www.jukie.net/~bart/debian/amd64/proposal/packages.rest
> [ and later ]
>
> * Hack dpkg to understand the new architecture.
>
> * Make the ftp people create the new architecture in the archive.
>
> * ability to build a 2.5.x 64-bit kernel natively
> - we should be able to build, install, and boot a recent 2.5.* kernel.
>
> * testing?
>
> * install CD...
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