Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch'

yes no support for all PPC BE , PPC64 too.

Only PPCLE (power8 and power9) are supported.

Luigi

Da: Joe Nosay <superbisquit@gmail.com>
Inviato: venerdì 4 novembre 2016 16.25
A: luigi burdo
Cc: Herminio Hernandez Jr.; PowerPC List Debian
Oggetto: Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch'

Does this mean no support for e6500?

On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:13 AM, luigi burdo <intermediadc@hotmail.com> wrote:

Im thinking to start a petition about ... "dont kill debian penguins on powerpc"

Luigi

Da: Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernandezjr@gmail.com>
Inviato: venerdì 4 novembre 2016 11.05
A: Christoph Biedl
Cc: PowerPC List Debian
Oggetto: Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch'

To say that no one stepped forward is not true. Adrian stepped up and asked to be the porter for PowerPC. There was an entire thread on PowerPC qualifying for Stretch where he stated his desire to support it. In the end his request was turned down.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Nov 4, 2016, at 2:08 AM, Christoph Biedl <debian.axhn@manchmal.in-ulm.de> wrote:
>
> Lennart Sorensen wrote...
>
>>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez Jr. wrote:
>>> Is there even a chance for PowerPC to return as a release architecture for Debian 10 or is that just wishful thinking.
>>
>> Well as pointed out in the meeting, it does not seem any architecture
>> has ever done so.
>
> I bet never before an architecture got kicked out that is ranking as
> number 4 according to popcon. The question is, are there enough people
> that are willing to support powerpc in Debian? The way downhill began
> when nobody stepped forward in the role call.
>
> Christoph
>