Re: sparc 32bit userland?

[Dennis Clarke <dclarke@blastwave.org>]

On 1/27/19 2:20 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> On 1/27/19 20:11, Dennis Clarke wrote:
> > On 1/27/19 2:08 PM, Frank Scheiner wrote:
> > > On 1/27/19 19:50, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > > > On 1/27/19 4:24 PM, John Paul Adrian Glaubitz wrote:
> > > > > Although, oddly enough, I didn't see this issue on sparc64, so it
> > > > > might be that I have just forgotten to add the package for powerpc
> > > > > after it moved from release to ports.
> > > >
> > > > That guess was correct, just fixed it:
> > > >
> > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/images-team/debian-cd/commit/57cae1891492ba74901e88b4252ee69265cca402 
> > >
> > > On a side note: As you also added sparc, say, is it planned to revive
> > > the 32bit sparc userland? :-)
> >
> > oh please .. no.
>
> Although I don't have much of a preference for 32bit sparc userland, as
> there is no kernel support for old SPARC gear, but anything substantial
> on why not, Dennis?

I enjoy historical and archaeological computing as much as the other old
grey beard suspender wearing UNIX geeks but it is largely just a waste
of time.  A curiosity to be sure. However nothing more. At least we have
32-bit ppc FreeScale and Motorola type hardware literally everywhere but
I have not seen 32-bit sparc in the wild for at least a decade.

Dennis