The Debian AMD64 port now has more installed packages than even powerpc
making it the second most complete port behind i386.[1] The port is
still waiting on Scott Remnant to fix dpkg and for James Troup to allow
it into the archive. I sent an email to ftpmaster over 2 weeks ago with
no response about the archive issue.
Also, I am starting to get questions from companies and universities
running Debian asking when amd64 will be an official port since they
are planning to switch to Fedora/SUSE if it is not soon. Do we really
want to lose users of a popular platform due to a couple DD's lack of
response? If you are concerned about this issue as well perhaps an email
to ftpmaster@debian.org could help persuade them this is a larger issue
than they realize.
Thanks,
Debian AMD64 Port Team
[1] http://www.buildd.net/buildd/Installed_stats.png
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Package Details (counted in source packages):
Known: 8376 ( 8423)
Installed: 8160 [ 97.42%]
Uploading: 1
Building: 0
Needs-build: 0
Dep-Wait: 109
Failed: 42
Broken: 64
Not-For-Us: 47
Popcon stats:
1 i386 : 4278
2 powerpc : 73
3 sparc : 46
4 amd64 : 21
5 alpha : 20
6 hppa : 7
6 ia64 : 7
8 mips : 6
9 arm : 4
10 m68k : 3
10 mipsel : 3
12 kfreebsd-i386 : 2
13 hurd-i386 : 1
13 s390 : 1
unknown : 1206
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