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Re: m68k not a release arch for etch; status in testing, future plans?



On Tue, Oct 17, 2006 at 01:42:07PM +1000, Anthony Towns wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2006 at 11:55:02PM -0700, Steve Langasek wrote:
> > It's with some regret that I have to confirm that m68k is not going to be a
> > release architecture for etch. 
> 
> > We have also asked about removing m68k from testing since it is not
> > currently a release candidate; Anthony Towns has indicated his preference
> > to defer this until another solution can be implemented for m68k's needs. 
> > This raises the question again of what such a structure should look like; I
> > think it would be a good idea for us to begin to tackle this question,
> 
> It's just short of a month since Steve posted this, with, as far as
> I've seen, no concrete suggestions on what the m68k porters want to do
> about this. I expect we'll be dropping m68k from etch fairly shortly,
> unless someone comes up with a plan for supporting a "Debian 4.0-m68k"
> release in the next few days.

What is the point of removing Etch from testing given it is ignored for
testing propagation anyway ?  There is plenty of time for debian-m68k to
catch up during the freeze. 

Cheers,
-- 
Bill. <ballombe@debian.org>

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