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Bug#639337: www.debain.org: please update information on sparc port



Hi,

Op Fri 26 Aug 2011 om 09:59:11 +0200 schreef Holger Wansing:
> Joost van Baal-Ilić <joostvb-debain-sparc-20110826-2@mdcc.cx> wrote:
> > 
> > http://www.debian.org/ports/index should be changed, here's a pseudo-patch:
> > 
> > s/
> > This port runs on the Sun SPARC station series of workstations, as well as some
> > of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
> > /
> > This port runs on the Sun SPARC Ultra series of workstations, as well as some
> > of their successors in the sun4 architectures.
> > /
> > 
> [...]
> > 
> > http://www.debian.org/ports/sparc/ should be changed:
> > 
> > s/
> > Supported is Sun4u machines
> > /
> > Supported are sun4u and sun4v machines
> > /
> > 
> > and
> > 
> > s/
> > does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) architecture
> > /
> > does support the sun4u (“Ultra”) and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architecture
> > /
> 
> Joost and debian-www:
> 
> Ok for me committing the attached patches?
> 
> (Please note, that I changed the proposed "Sparc Ultra series"
> into "UltraSparc series", which seems the correct name.)

AFAIC: yes please go ahead.

Thanks, Bye,

Joost


> --- ports_index_orig.wml	2011-08-26 09:36:49.493696753 +0200
> +++ ports_index_workingcopy.wml	2011-08-26 09:53:06.053698588 +0200
> @@ -135,7 +135,7 @@
>  <td><a href="$(HOME)/ports/sparc/">sparc</a></td>
>  <td>Sun SPARC</td>
>  <td>First officially released with Debian 2.1. This port runs on the Sun
> -SPARCstation series of workstations, as well as some of their successors
> +UltraSPARC series of workstations, as well as some of their successors
>  in the sun4 architectures.</td>
>  <td><a href="$(HOME)/releases/stable/sparc/release-notes/">released</a></td>
>  </tr>

> --- ports_sparc_index_orig.wml	2011-08-26 09:39:20.649697301 +0200
> +++ ports_sparc_index_workingcopy.wml	2011-08-26 09:44:49.165697308 +0200
> @@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
>  <h2 id="status">Current Status</h2>
>    <p>
>  Debian SPARC is officially released and known to be stable.  Supported
> -is Sun4u machines (with a 32-bit userland).  See
> +are sun4u and sun4v machines (with a 32-bit userland).  See
>  the <a href="../../releases/stable/sparc/">Install Manual</a>
>  for information on supported systems, hardware, and how to install
>  Debian.
> @@ -35,7 +35,8 @@
>  <h2 id="sparc64bit">About 64-bit SPARC support</h2>
>    <p>
>  The Debian SPARC port,
> -as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (&ldquo;Ultra&rdquo;) architecture.
> +as mentioned above, does support the sun4u (&ldquo;Ultra&rdquo;) 
> +and sun4v (Niagara CPU) architectures.
>  It uses a 64-bit kernel (compiled with gcc 3.3 or newer), but most of the
>  applications run in 32-bit.  This is also called a &ldquo;32-bit
>  userland&rdquo;.

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