Re: current timeline for the integration of LoongArch into the list of release architectures.
Hello Xiao,
On Fri, 2025-07-11 at 20:45 +0800, xiao sheng wen(肖盛文) wrote:
> > Remote participation would be great. I couldn't attend DebConf due to
> > personal reasons, so it would be great if I could join remotely as I
> > would like to know more about the current timeline for the integration
> > of LoongArch into the list of release architectures.
>
> I also like to know more about it.
The current situation is that the FTP team has postponed the inclusion of
loong64 into the list of release architectures after the Trixie release which
is due in the next months.
Since the port to a new architecture will need to be stabilized before it can
be officially released, it's normally desirable to add new release architectures
at the beginning of a development cycle.
Luckily, the loong64 port has become very mature, also thanks to the endless
efforts of many Loongson engineers and lots of very active people in the community.
There is only really a handful of packages such as ocaml-native-compilers, fpc and
qt6-webengine which need to add loong64 support. The vast majority is already well
supported.
And since the release team and the DSA teams have already said to support loong64,
I am very confident that the architecture can be included for the next release
as soon as Trixie is out.
FWIW, DSA already officially maintains one LoongArch server, see:
https://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=conova-node-loongson07
> As I know, this Debconf25 has *not* staff from Loongarch company to attend.
That can still change ;-).
Adrian
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