[Debian-ppc64-devel] x libraries and powerpc/ppc64 biarch setup.

[Sven Luther]

On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:56:23PM +0200, Andreas Jochens wrote:
> On 05-Sep-23 14:32, Sven Luther wrote:
> > On Fri, Sep 23, 2005 at 02:21:56PM +0200, Andreas Jochens wrote:
> > > And yes, it was decided to use the name 'ppc64'. Following that
> > > decision, this name was used by 'dpkg', 'apt', 'gcc-4.0' and
> > > a lot of other packages.
> > 
> > Bah. The past is the past, now is what counts.
> > 
> > > Sven, please do not work against the ppc64 port by confusing people.
> > 
> > You are the first one who started confusing people, doing the ppc64 stuff all
> > in your corner with nil integration with the rest of debian. There is no way
> 
> Sven, please, you know that this is not true. Everything that has been
> done for the ppc64 port so far has been announced and discussed on
> on public Debian mailing lists and on the Debian BTS and you even took 
> part in those discussions.

I was opposed to it from the start though, you remember that, right ?

> This week there were very constructive discussions about setting up
> a proper environment for the ppc64 port on one of the ppc64 machines 
> in Augsburg. I hope that these efforts will be successful.

sure, those machines are hardly usable for debian proper anyway, since they
are not maintained by the debian-admin team, this mean they cannot host proper
autobuilders, so they are used for various experimentations, and your work
fits in well with this.

> Altogether, the ppc64 port seems to be in a pretty good shape with 
> already 95% of 'unstable' compiled. 

So, ...

> If you want to do something different, please be specific, i.e. please 
> propose patches or set up a sample archive to demonstrate what exactly
> you want to change.

I want official ppc64 support in etch, either biarch or multiarch, depending
on which one will be declared an etch release goal, but if the rm team can
offer nothing more than a tentative 'non-blocking' release goal for
multi-arch, we have no solution than to go with biarch.

you can always have your play-thing on the side, it is nice for experimenting
and everything, but it was never really integrated in debian, and following
your own words, probably never will.

Friendly,

Sven Luther