Re: Debian 6.0
On Tue, Feb 08, 2011 at 11:38:20AM +0100, Thibaut VARENE wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:49 AM, dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org> wrote:
> >
> > [please keep the list cc'd]
> >
> > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 09:59:42AM -0800, Wojciech Galazka wrote:
> > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:10 AM, dann frazier <dannf@dannf.org> wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 02:27:27AM -0800, Wojciech Galazka wrote:
> > > >> Could anyone please explain in a plain language:
> > > >> - is it possible to make a fresh install of Debian 6.0 on a C3600
> > > >> hardware given that there is no support for HPPA in Debian Squeeze?
> > > >
> > > > It is not, sorry.
> > > >
> > > >> - is it possible to somehow upgrade to Debian 6.0 from existing
> > > >> installation of Debian 5.0, which still supports HPPA hardware?
> > > >
> > > > It is not - there is no Debian 6.0 for hppa. You can upgrade to
> > > > 'unstable' though, if you're willing to accept all of the associated
> > > > risks.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Ok, this news is good enough. I supposed that support for HPPA in
> > > Debian would stop at all. Fortunately I can live with unstable.
> > >
> > > Is there any way I could help the unstable version to be kept alive?
> >
> > For it to remain in unstable, it would need to be a candidate for a
> > future stable release. At this point, I don't personally see that
> > happening. However, we are looking into migrating to debian-ports,
> > which would allow us to still build/publish unofficial builds of
> > unstable.
>
> Just curious, which policy states that any unstable port must be a
> potential stable candidate? (i.e. what's the matter with keeping
> autobuilders running, as long as hppa isn't a blocker for testing
> migration?);
I don't know of a policy either way; though I suspect the decision
belongs to the ftpmasters. I interpreted Joerg's e-mail[1] to suggest
we should move to debian-ports in this case.
> also, any ETA as to when hppa will be kicked out of
> unstable?
There's been no discussion about that to my knowledge.
[1] http://lists.debian.org/debian-hppa/2011/01/msg00004.html
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