Hi ftp-masters team, release team and Debian sysadmins,
I am continuously porting loong64 to the Debian community.
I request that the loong64 port could be included in the Official
ports.
I sent E-mails to both debian-devel and debian-admin 3 weeks ago
with the subject "Requesting for setting up loong64 buildds
(Server machines) for Official".
Thanks to Aurelien Jarno for the reply and reminder.
The next step is to send an official request to the teams deciding
about accepting a new architecture.
I summarize the status of the loong64 port and provide links to
the requested documents, as follows,
- Improve the loong64 port until it satisfies the criteria for
being included in the main archive.
1. With a wiki page named after the port below
ArchiveQualification.
Please check https://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification.
2. Answer the questions included in the archive criteria.
I have created a ArchiveQualification page for loong64 and
answered the questions. I will update continuously.
Please check https://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/loong64.
The archive-coverage of loong64 from June 7, 2024 is more than
95%.
- Improve the loong64 port until it satisfies the criteria for
being included in a Debian release.
1. Update the qualification status as progress is made on each of
the criteria.
I submitted a MR to add loong64 in arch_qualify living document.
Please check
https://salsa.debian.org/release-team/release.debian.org/-/merge_requests/24
I submitted a MR to update archive-coverage and autopkgtest for
loong64.
Please check
https://salsa.debian.org/release-team/release.debian.org/-/merge_requests/25.
2. The status of Debian debci for loong64.
We have prepared 2 debci machines (LoongArch Server machines) for
debci team.
Please see
https://lists.debian.org/debian-ci/2024/05/msg00012.html.
Currently loong64 was included in debci. Thanks elbrus, sincerely.
The build status of debci, can be found at
https://ci.debian.net/user/britney/jobs?package=&trigger=&suite%5B%5D=unstable&arch%5B%5D=loong64.
3. The status of loong64's porterbox.
We have sent a LoongArch Server machine (3C5000 7A2000) to
Salzburg as a porter box for loong64.
The Server machine is hosted in Salzburg, Austria at Conova and
will be set up by glaubitz@d.o.
Thanks John Paul Adrian Glaubitz and bzed.
4. About the status of buildd-dsa in arch_qualify living document.
I hope that I could get guidance or suggestions from Debian DSA
team.
We have prepared 4 ~ 6 LoongArch Server machines.
According to the needs expressed by the DSA, we can mail LoongArch
Server machines (used as Official Port buildds) to different
locations.
With Debian's permission in future, we have been planning to
give(donate) LoongArch Server machines to Debian.
For loong64, only porterbox, build-dsa now has a status of "NO" on
the arch_qualify page.
In a word, loong64's qualification status can be found at
https://release.debian.org/testing/arch_qualify.html.
- Grow the hardware ecosystem until it satisfies the
requirements for an official port.
1. With a wiki page named after the loong64 port below
HardwareQualification.
Please check https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareQualification.
2. Answer the requirements listed in the loong64 port hardware
requirements page.
Currently I have added Hardware Qualification page for loong64.
Please check
https://wiki.debian.org/HardwareQualification/loong64.
Thanks to the reminder from Pabs and Aurelien, I've updated the
relevant content.
For the loong64 port，please review the above ArchiveQualification,
arch_qualify living document and HardwareQualification's state and
links.
If you have any questions about the loong64 port you can contact
me at any time.
If I've handled any of the processes wrong or mistakes, please
don't feel troubled and please correct me.
Thanks
Dandan Zhang