Re: Any hppa porters interested in getting MariaDB working?
Hi!
> Wonderful, I would also like to show interest to work alongside Helge and Dave on porting MariaDB to hppa.
Great!
>> > I am happy to take your patches, do additional testing and do uploads.
>> > Unfortunately I can't do the actual port fixing myself as there is too
>> > much work and the domain is something I am not strong in. My attempt
>> > at fixes at https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/146
>> > did get some progress, so if you want to take on this challenge, you
>> > don't need to start from zero.
>> >
>> > I also have good experiences of getting upstream to accept porting
>> > related patches (e.g. https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/4480) so
>> > if you fix this in Debian and submit patches upstream, you most likely
>> > will get those fixes into MariaDB permanently for all users globally.
>>
>> The first step should be disabling Java support on hppa. Since OpenJDK currently
>> does not support hppa due to the stack growing from upwards, any packages that
>> make use of Java won't work on hppa.
>>
>> There is some work-in-progress port for OpenJDK on hppa that I worked on some
>> years ago but I never finished the actual work. It might be a good idea to
>> complete that work in the future though.
>
>
> Sure, sounds like a great place to start? I will try to get it setup and disable the java functionality first, perhaps to try and get it running.
Please start by reading the
https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/146
I mentioned in my original email, and the notes and comments in it. It
will help you avoid doing things I already did, and there are also
commands linked you can just copy-paste to get the build and test
suite going on a porter box (or anywhere).
Thanks for taking a stab at making this package build and pass tests in hppa!
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