Re: Bit from the Release Team: Status of hppa

[dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org>]

On Wed, Sep 22, 2010 at 06:22:43PM +0300, Aioanei Rares wrote:
> On 09/21/2010 11:34 PM, dann frazier wrote:
>> [replying to debian-hppa]
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 21, 2010 at 09:22:22PM +0100, Adam D. Barratt wrote:
>>    
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> As previously announced[1], hppa is no longer a release architecture for
>>> Squeeze.
>>>
>>> What does this mean in practical terms?  As of the next britney run, the
>>> architecture will be ignored for the purposes of testing migration -
>>> packages which are otherwise ready (and unblocked) may migrate to
>>> testing even if they have not built on hppa, or if they would create
>>> installability problems in testing on hppa.
>>>
>>> Additionally, any bug which is specific to the hppa architecture is no
>>> longer considered release-critical.
>>>
>>> The status of hppa in unstable is unchanged; it will continue to be
>>> supported by the buildd network as now.  There will also continue to be
>>> hppa packages in testing for now to allow the porters to explore
>>> possible options for a separate release of Squeeze for hppa; as
>>> mentioned above, these may not be in-sync with the other architectures
>>> in some cases.
>>>      
>> Are there people interested in working on a squeeze-hppa release? If
>> so, it would probably be good to formulate a plan sooner than
>> later. fwiw, I'd be wililng to continue maintaining buildds for it.
>>
>>
>>    
> Dann, is there a way one can contribute if one hasn't access to a
> HPPA machine? If yes, I'd like to help.

I don't have any specific ideas as to how but, should this project
take off, you could continue to monitor this list for
possibilities. I'd imagine there'd be a need for documentation at the
very least.



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dann frazier