Re: RFC: dropping armel from Debian for the upcoming release

[Sebastian Ramacher <sramacher@debian.org>]

Hi Héctor

On 2024-08-01 07:55:15 +0200, Hector Oron wrote:
> [ {debian-kernel,debian-boot,debian-release}@d.o are in Bcc so they
> can track follow up emails at debian-arm ML if interested. ]
> 
> Dear fellow developers,
> 
> Debian Installer no longer produces daily builds for this platform:
> - https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/
> 
> Debian Linux kernel packages are only building support for Raspberry
> Pi Zero, Zero W and 1:
> - https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/master/debian/config/armel/defines.toml
> while many other platforms have been dropped.
> 
> Upstream projects, ARM companies which I was able to check with, do
> not care that much about maintaining old code for ARMv5t chipsets,
> therefore supporting it is more and more costly resource wise (not
> only in Debian).
> 
> Timely to the writing of this email, Arnd Bergmann posted the
> following timeline to deprecate ARM (armel) architecture, you can read
> at:
> - https://lwn.net/ml/all/2831c5a6-cfbf-4fe0-b51c-0396e5b0aeb7@app.fastmail.com/
> 
> Should Debian drop armel from the upcoming Debian release?

Was there a conclusion to the discussion on d-arm@l.d.o? What is the
opinion of the two porters that we currently have listed for armel
(added to CC)?

Cheers
-- 
Sebastian Ramacher