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Re: Hardware donation for ppc64el LTS support




----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adrian Bunk" <bunk@debian.org>
> To: "Timothy Pearson" <tpearson@raptorengineering.com>
> Cc: "debian-lts" <debian-lts@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2025 1:58:12 PM
> Subject: Re: Hardware donation for ppc64el LTS support

> Hi Timothy,
> 
> the business model behind LTS is that the external company Freexian SARL
> sells subscriptions for Debian Long Term Support,[1] and then hires
> hourly-paid consultants like me to do the actual work.
> 
> Adding ppc64el to LTS is an option you could discuss with Freexian,
> but this discussion would be about how much you would have to pay
> for buying this service.
> 
> LTS builds happen on the regular Debian buildds, I don't think there
> would be any issues on that side regarding adding ppc64el.
> 
> Yours
> Adrian
> 
> [1] https://www.freexian.com/lts/debian/

Makes sense, thank you for the insight.  I've reached out to Freexian and we will see what they say!


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