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



* Wouter Verhelst (wouter@debian.org) [061017 14:19]:
> 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 *have* asked about the possibility to maintain our own
> slightly-different m68k distribution (similar to how amd64 works for
> sarge) on debian.org servers, but have not heard anything about that.

If it turns out to not be possible on debian.org-servers, it is
definitly possible on debian.net-machines :)

Be welcome to be our guest.


Cheers,
Andi
-- 
  http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/



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