Re: Bug#835851: add MIPS r6 support in dak

["Adam D. Barratt" <adam@adam-barratt.org.uk>]

On Mon, 2016-08-29 at 03:10 +0800, YunQiang Su wrote:
> We are working on MIPS r6 support, which are different ports with MIPS ones.
> They include mipsr6, mipsr6el, mipsn32r6, mipsn32r6el, mips64r6, mips64r6el.
> 
> Theses ports have been supported by `dpkg' in sid/testing,
> while not in stable yet.
[...
> It seems there are 2 options:
>  1. backport `dpkg' in sid to stable, and ftpmaster team install that
> package into dak machine
>  2. backport archtable/cputable changes into `dpkg' in stable and upload it to
>      jessie-updates with help of release team.

With an SRM hat on, I fail to see why this would be eligible for
jessie-updates. (Assuming you're not simply confused as to what that
means.)

Regards,

Adam