Re: [Stretch] Status for architecture qualification

[Marc Rosen <marc@acm.jhu.edu>]

If it would be helpful, I have access to two Sun T2000 machines, in a 
server room, that are in good working condition (one has a bad RAM chip, 
but everything else seems to work fine). If it would be helpful for the 
project, I'd be happy to have them be used. That being said, the 
machines are currently off, and I probably won't be able to access the 
LOC until September (or very late august).

~ Marc Rosen

Sysadmin of the JHU ACM

On 6/5/16 5:48 AM, Niels Thykier wrote:
> John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> > Hi Niels!
> >
> > On 06/05/2016 12:01 PM, Niels Thykier wrote:
> > > Beyond mips64el, we are not aware of any new architectures for Stretch.
> > >
> > > I kindly ask you to:
> > >
> > >   * Porters, please assert if your architecture is targeting Stretch.
> > To give some insight what's happening in Debian Ports. We have two candidates which
> > I think would qualify for inclusion in a stable release. There is also a third
> > potential candidate for future releases of Debian once the hardware has become
> > available.
> Thanks. :)
>
> > ppc64:
> >
> > [...]
> AFAICT, it is not in unstable and I have not heard of any attempts to
> bootstrap it there yet.  Who is working on it and what is the ETA?
>
> > sparc64:
> >
> > [...]
> Thanks for the update.  For every one working on this, please keep in
> mind that it can take quite a while to be set up and included in testing
> (even without missing hardware).
>
> If you are unable to acquire (promise of) the necessary hardware within
> a month or two, making it into a Stretch will probably be very hard.
>
> > sh4:
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adrian
> >
> > [...]
> While it sounds exciting, I doubt it will be ready for Stretch (I
> presume this was the "potential candidate for a future release").
>
> Thanks,
> ~Niels