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

On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 10:25 PM, Marcus Meissner <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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.
Even we have some movements here. KIWI on Power, KVM in testing and so on.

> Ciao, Marcus
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