Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch'

[Alex Santos <santoscork@me.com>]

Hello

Just a quick question on the bulk of PPC architecture and the eventual abandonment.

I admit that my question may seem naive so I apologize.

How long can we expect PPC G3, G4 and G5 architectures to continue seeing security updates? Is there a clear roadmap. Again, I apologize for being ignorant on the topic.

Kindest regards
—Alex Santos

> On Oct 31, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Jonathan Wiltshire <jmw@debian.org> wrote:
> 
> Release architectures for Stretch will be as follows:
> 
>  * amd64
>  * arm64
>  * armel
>  * armhf
>  * i386
>  * mips
>  * mips64el
>  * mipsel
>  * ppc64el
>  * s390x
> 
> The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release
> architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took
> the view that the least disservice to users of that port is to provide
> reasonable notice of its discontinuation. We recognise and acknowledge
> that discontinuing any port is unavoidably disruptive.
> 
> The question of whether powerpc remains an architecture in the main archive
> or moves to ports is one for FTP masters, not the release team.
> 
> For the release team:
> -- 
> Jonathan Wiltshire                                      jmw@debian.org
> Debian Developer                         http://people.debian.org/~jmw
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