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Re: Dropping sparc32 for lenny



Hello *,

Am 2007-04-19 09:31:43, schrieb Mark Morgan Lloyd:
> Martin wrote:
> 
> > I was under the impression that there were other SPARC based embedded
> > chips around.  Is it worth contacting the developers of the Leon about
> > this?  IIRC one of their selling points was a full, free OS and tool
> > chain.  I suspect if Debian stops supporting sparc32 then the amount of
> > work done on keeping it viable will drop andthe bit rot will set in.
> > Thus I can see some advantage to them commiting some time to keeping it
> > live.
> 
> At that point it might be worth having a Debian subproject specifically for
> SPARC kernel 2.4 in the same vein as Debian GNU/Hurd. Discard any GUI that takes
> an excessive amount of CPU resources, discard audio, streaming video etc. and
> concentrate on a reliable toolchain and kernel.

I am running a SS10 SMP (512 MB of memory) with minimal installation
and fvwm.  I think, for further Debian releases, sparc32 should drop
all memory consuming apps and I fully agree with you.

In general, I use my 2 of my 4 SS10 as buildd.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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