On Fri, 2011-05-27 at 12:24 -0400, John David Anglin wrote: > On Fri, 27 May 2011, Carlos O'Donell wrote: > > > On Fri, May 27, 2011 at 10:56 AM, dann frazier <dannf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Probably. debian-ports is the only other option I know of - but it > > > means we need people to step up and do random bits of release work > > > (keeping a working installer, etc). I also think we'd need to have > > > some notion of a "stable" release - I don't think an unstable-only > > > release is very useful outside of a developer's basement, and not > > > something I'd want to host our infrastructure systems on. I also don't think an unstable only release is viable. Can't we just run a private buildd on stable, testing and unstable? > > > Since I don't see that happening, yes, Gentoo. > > > > > > > We need like 3-4 more people on the project to properly support > > debian-ports for hppa. I don't think that type of support is going to > > materialize any time soon. > > It's unclear whether any volunteer support for hppa remains within > "debian". I added the parisc-linux list to the cc list to make people > aware of the situation. > > Aside from the issue about releases, the buildd process is stuck > due to unresolved dependencies. Maybe it should be shutdown to > preserve state. > > > Therefore I think Gentoo is probably the best option for the community. > > > > I don't care how we achieve a sustainable distribution for hppa, only > > that we continue to provide value to our user community. > > There is some hppa work still being done in Gentoo, so I tend to agree > but I have no direct experience with it. Sure ... I've no objection to moving from debian to gentoo if that means we get a working distribution. It's a bit of a hassle, since I have to move all my x86 boxes as well (don't ask, complex infrastructure with a parisc as gateway mirror in the middle), but I suppose it's pain only once. James -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-parisc" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
