[Dwn-trans-commit] CVS public_html/src/Writing/DWN

[CVS User joey]

Update of /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN
In directory finlandia:/home/users/joey/Projects/Web/public_html/src/Writing/DWN

Modified Files:
	dwn-2007-02.wml 
Log Message:
Contribution by Felipe: alpha architecture

--- /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2007-02.wml	2007/01/28 15:03:29	1.20
+++ /var/cvs/infodrom.org/public_html/src/Writing/DWN/dwn-2007-02.wml	2007/01/28 15:04:48	1.21
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@
 href="http://chemnitzer.linux-tage.de/2007/vortraege/detail.html?idx=578">\
 virtualisation using Xen on Debian</a>.</p>
 
-# From: Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe at cathedrallabs.org> (3x)
+# From: Felipe Augusto van de Wiel <felipe at cathedrallabs.org> (4x)
 
 <p><strong>Debian Conference Deadlines.</strong> Jörg Jaspert <a
 href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2007/01/msg00001.html">\
@@ -134,6 +134,18 @@
 will also have security support.  However, nothing
 is fixed yet, as the current focus is on getting etch ready for release.</p>
 
+<p><strong>Why is alpha a release architecture?</strong>  Thomas Bushnell BSG <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/01/msg00820.html">\
+wondereded</a> why alpha is a release architecture since it doesn't fullfill the
+<a href="http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_qualify.html">etch architecture
+requirements</a> of having buildd redundancy, specially because the main alpha
+machine was offline for ten days.  Martin Schulze <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/01/msg00823.html">added</a>
+that the machine was being moved to a new location.  Steve Langasek <a
+href="http://lists.debian.org/debian-release/2007/01/msg00839.html">answered</a>
+that the alpha is marked yellow because of this requirement but this particular
+outage does not affect the release status of alpha port.</p>
+
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