On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 10:45:13PM +0200, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: > Hi list. > > This message is sort of a final report that was planned. > > One month's passed since I tried to contact the FTP masters. Discussions > are in the pkg-ia32-libs-maintainers alioth list. At the same time, the > ia32-libs split was presented by its maintainers. > > The goal of the ia32 repository is to build and run applications for the > i386 architecture on different ones. That goal's been achieved for > amd64. Support for other architectures's been put off indefinitely > because of lack of resources and demand. > > It should be remarked that security updates've been integrated during > last month. > > As some may have noticed, a custom version of glibc's available. That > isn't a security update. It's a version that fixes #469035 to make > packages work out of the box. It's been released earlier than planned > because a potential upgrade problem was notified. A new official upload > was made later. I'll hopefully have enough time to switch back to the > official version, though that means rebuilding the repository (sorry, no > other choices left). It'll be fixed. > > The system's already working, daily updated and bugs (none pending) are > being fixed. So, why isn't this system integrated in Debian yet? > > The reasons aren't technical. If you're an amd64 user that wants to run > or build ia32 software, you can use this repository without problems. > Debian has a different approach in mind that will hopefully be ready for > lenny + 1. Both approaches have different requirements of server, > maintainer and user resources, but they both should cover the > repository's purpose. > > As a side effect, some reasons this scheme isn't accepted are shared > with the ia32-libs split (more packages in the archive, extra conversion > step...). Let's hope that doesn't affect the split. > > Regarding availability, the mirroring offer's been taken back without > any given reason. That's a problem indeed since the IP's gonna change > eventually. However, if you're still interested in this service, just > drop me a line and I'll solve that problem. > > Requests, bug reports, comments are welcome (at my address) as usual. > Hi Javier Thanks for all the effort I for one have appreciated it. With out knowing all the reason is seems a bit short sighted by the people it charge as this seems like a very useful program Thanks Alex > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-amd64-REQUEST@lists.debian.org > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org > > -- "Justice ought to be fair." - George W. Bush 12/15/2004 Washington, DC speaking at the White House Economic Conference
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