Re: Re: [opensuse-arm] [ml-admin] Merging the architecture lists to opensuse-arch

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 08:12:23AM -0400, Larry Stotler wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Richard (MQ) <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If / when the AmigaOne X1000 arrives there will certainly be a new PPC
> > platform, but whether we can persuade the community to re-start the PPC
> > version of openSuSE Linux is another matter entirely. FWIW, the argument for
> > dropping it a few years back was that the usage had dwindled to
> > insignificant numbers (ISTR around 20 downloads / month) - I couldn't really
> > argue with that.
> 
> Actually, a lot of PPC work is done because of SLEx.  If POWER is
> still supported in SLEx 12, then it shouldn't be a big issue to
> actually restart the PPC port.  The bigger problem is getting it to
> work on the vast types of machines:  Apple, RS/6000, PRep, CHRP, etc.
> It's almost as bad as the ARM ports because of the differences in
> machine types.
 
> > My expectation is that there won't be another official PPC version at all,
> > though maybe we'll have enough momentum for an unofficial one - in which
> > case retention of this list will be vindicated. It all depends on whether
> > the machine is ever launched - time will tell.
> 
> We still have powerpc.opensuse.org, but I haven't been able to do any
> testing.  I've had to deal with a lot of personal issues over the last
> year or two, and that's kept me from doing more.  However, I'm hoping
> that is finally ending soon.
> 
> > Meantime a merged list seems to me to be the wrong way to go: keep lists
> > that are active or might reasonably be expected to become so and kill the
> > others, effectively merging into -project and -factory.
> 
> Is it really that big of a deal to leave it be and see what happens?
> Not really sure why it's so necessary to consider something dead when
> it may rise up again unexpectedly.  Fedora has found renewed interest,
> and Debian still supports PPC, so a lot of testing has been done
> elsewhere that could probably be used here.

openSUSE:Factory:PowerPC as available on powerpc.opensuse.org is at least
still building.

My machine is running it, I am however updating in place.

Installation needs to be tested and likely bugfixed.

Ciao, Marcus
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