Josh Boyer píše v St 30. 09. 2009 v 19:52 -0400: > On Wed, Sep 30, 2009 at 07:02:08PM -0400, Tom Lane wrote: > >Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxx> writes: > >> The lack of big endian builds by default is a notable loss, and will > >> lead to a decline in software quality. > >> I think this is a net-negative for Fedora. > > > >I think the same, but it's getting harder to find PPC machines. > > s/machines/desktop machines. You can find all kinds of PPC machines, just > typically not in desktop form. The only new one that I am aware of is the > fixstars.us Powerstation. But there should be enough of older IBM Power4+ workstations (IntelliStation 275) with prices around 100 EUR (at least here in Europe) making it possible to buy one just for playing with. > >Is there another big-endian platform that is on the upswing? > > Not to my knowledge, but I haven't paid much attention to that. We do have > secondary arches at least building, like sparc and s390x. I have a ppc > effort 1/2 going. Dan -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
