sparc etch status (was: Re: Xorg 7 on sparc64)
On Sat, 17 Jun 2006, Martin Marques wrote:
Talking of that... is Debian/SPARC gonna make it to etch? I can't run
KDE apps without having a hang once in a while (especially kmail (which
I don't use anymore) and konqueror). swf is also boken in the latest
testing. rapidsvn can't do diffs, but this could be a general problem
inglobbing all platforms, and not something particular to SPARC.
It would be great if you could investigate what causes these problems and
file bugs, if they are not already filed. Extra points if you can fix
them, if it's sparc-specific, in 90% of cases it's some kind of unaligned
access issue.
Regarding the chances of sparc getting into etch, I would say that
everything pretty much depends on whether 2.6.17 kernel comes out before
it's too late (and makes it into etch). According to buildd admins, sparc
buildds are running reliably with 2.6.17-rc1 kernel, while they have
crashed with earlier versions, creating the main obstacle for inclusion in
etch. Also, 2.6.17 is the first upstream kernel which supports the new
Sun's Niagara processors, so we would not want to miss out on that also.
Best regards,
Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
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