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

[Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com>]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2024 at 11:18 AM Hector Oron <zumbi@debian.org> wrote:
>
>  [...]
> There was also a suggestion to mark non-for-us or stop building large
> packages that may not be that useful in the armel architecture, such
> LibreOffice, possibly some desktops, etc.. since armel is mostly meant
> for embedded and headless devices (may be some with small
> screen/display).

I think this is a good idea.

I wonder if it can be generalized and applied to other architectures,
like PowerPC. (I am also aware of PowerPC being used in high-end
workstations, like Talos
<https://www.raptorcs.com/content/base/products.html>).

Jeff