Re: Debian AMD64 Port - still waiting on ftpmaster
Chris Cheney <ccheney@cheney.cx> writes:
> 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
A dpkg update is scheduled but no priority is given to the one line
fix for amd64. And why should it, amd64 isn't even an official port,
yada yada yada.:(
> it into the archive. I sent an email to ftpmaster over 2 weeks ago with
> no response about the archive issue.
The bugreport asking for amd64 to be included is 55 days old now
without a responce by ftp-master:
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=248043
> 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.
At the recent Linuxtag there where many users and even some firms
asking questions about amd64. The intrest and the port is there. Now
its ftp-masters obligation to support it (with the users being the
first priority of Debian and all).
> Thanks,
>
> Debian AMD64 Port Team
>
>
> [1] http://www.buildd.net/buildd/Installed_stats.png
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------
>
>
> 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
Some explanation to these numbers (which don't seem to correspond to
the stats on www.buildd.net :). All counts include main, contrib and
non-free (this and www.buildd.net/buildd.d.o). The stats above also
include binary-all packages while www.buildd.net/buildd.d.o exclude
those.
Excluding binary-all we get:
http://www.buildd.net/buildd/amd64_stats
Distribution unstable:
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Installed : 5359
Failed : 107
Dep-Wait : 109
Not-For-Us : 47
total : 5477
97.85% (5359) up-to-date, 97.85% (5359) including uploaded
3.94% (216) failed/dep-wait
0.86% ( 47) need porting or cause the buildd serious grief
Installed packages (sorted by count):
i386 5595 99.88%
amd64 5359 97.85%
powerpc 5296 98.57%
sparc 5242 98.09%
s390 5178 96.60%
m68k 5173 97.46%
hppa 5172 98.09%
ia64 5162 97.08%
arm 5159 96.81%
mips 5101 97.00%
alpha 5073 94.57%
mipsel 5070 96.44%
> 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
MfG
Goswin
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