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Bug#683426: release-notes: new in wheezy: s390x



On Thu, Aug  9, 2012 at 22:04:12 +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:

> On Tue, Jul 31, 2012 at 08:27:21PM +0200, Julien Cristau wrote:
> > The release notes for wheezy need some introduction for the new s390x
> > port, and need to mark s390 as deprecated.
> 
> Something like this?
> 
> <section id="newfors390" arch="s390">
> <title>What's new for S/390?</title>
> <para>
>   &debian; wheezy will be the last release to support the 31-bit 
>   <literal>s390</literal> port. A new 64-bit port called 
>   <literal>s390x</literal> has been created featuring the same hardware support 
>   as <literal>s390</literal> in &debian; squeeze. Machines will need to be
>   reinstalled with the new port; in-place migration is not possible.
> </para> 
> </section>
> 
I was thinking also something for the general 'supported architectures'
section.  Maybe something like:

Debian 7.0 introduces two new architectures:
- s390x, intended to replace the s390 port for IBM System z machines
- armhf, an alternative to armel for ARMv7 machines with hard-float

?

Cheers,
Julien

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