Re: [Stretch] Status for architecture qualification

Niels Thykier <[email protected]> Sun, 5 Jun 2016 12:48:41 +0000

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John Paul Adrian Glaubitz:
> Hi Niels!
> 
> On 06/05/2016 12:01 PM, Niels Thykier wrote:
>> Beyond mips64el, we are not aware of any new architectures for Stretch.
>>
>> I kindly ask you to:
>>
>>  * Porters, please assert if your architecture is targeting Stretch.
> 
> To give some insight what's happening in Debian Ports. We have two candidates which
> I think would qualify for inclusion in a stable release. There is also a third
> potential candidate for future releases of Debian once the hardware has become
> available.
> 

Thanks. :)

> ppc64:
> 
> [...]

AFAICT, it is not in unstable and I have not heard of any attempts to
bootstrap it there yet.  Who is working on it and what is the ETA?

> 
> sparc64:
> 
> [...]
> 

Thanks for the update.  For every one working on this, please keep in
mind that it can take quite a while to be set up and included in testing
(even without missing hardware).

If you are unable to acquire (promise of) the necessary hardware within
a month or two, making it into a Stretch will probably be very hard.

> sh4:
> 
> [...]
> 
> Thanks,
> Adrian
> 
> [...]

While it sounds exciting, I doubt it will be ready for Stretch (I
presume this was the "potential candidate for a future release").

Thanks,
~Niels

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