Re: Latest build
David Stadden <[email protected]> Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:39:09 -0800
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--=-OmLyLDAdQoSaVi2/UNBX Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Good idea to move sparc and hp-ux to opensuse. Hope the development moves forward. On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 00:40 +0100, Hans Witvliet wrote: > On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 17:48 -0500, Huston wrote: > > > > No there isn't a recent build for sparc. This distribution is not > > ported to sparc any more. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: David Stadden > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:01 PM > > Subject: [suse-sparc] Latest build > > > > > > > > Is there a recent build of SuSE for sparc platform available > > for download? On the ftp site it looks like there's a very old > > build. > > > > David > > At last meeting in Nurnberg i tried to persued them to move all the > other ports entirely to opensuse, (not just Sparc, but HP-PA also) > > As there will be no revenue coming from it, it is hard for them to have > someone working at it. (and supporting it also.) > Hence my suggestion for the move to opensuse and let the community do > the rest ;-)) > > Sparc is supported somewhere, have a look at auroralinux.org. > Dennis is porting /recompiling a huge number of packages for Sparc > ( http://aurora.fedoramirror.net/pub/aurora/ ) > > And if you don't mind going back in time for ten years, you might try > *bsd. Current best option (imho) install aurora 1.00, and upgrade to > 1.92, and eventually Corona. > > Hans > > --=-OmLyLDAdQoSaVi2/UNBX Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html; CHARSET=UTF-8"> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.8.0"> </HEAD> <BODY> <BR> Good idea to move sparc and hp-ux to opensuse. Hope the development moves forward.<BR> <BR> On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 00:40 +0100, Hans Witvliet wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE> <PRE> <FONT COLOR="#000000">On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 17:48 -0500, Huston wrote:</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">>  </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> No there isn't a recent build for sparc. This distribution is not</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> ported to sparc any more.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> ----- Original Message ----- </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> From: David Stadden </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> To: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:01 PM</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> Subject: [suse-sparc] Latest build</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> Is there a recent build of SuSE for sparc platform available</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> for download? On the ftp site it looks like there's a very old</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> build.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">> David </FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">At last meeting in Nurnberg i tried to persued them to move all the</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">other ports entirely to opensuse, (not just Sparc, but HP-PA also)</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">As there will be no revenue coming from it, it is hard for them to have</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">someone working at it. (and supporting it also.)</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Hence my suggestion for the move to opensuse and let the community do</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">the rest ;-))</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Sparc is supported somewhere, have a look at auroralinux.org.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Dennis is porting /recompiling a huge number of packages for Sparc</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">( <A HREF="http://aurora.fedoramirror.net/pub/aurora/">http://aurora.fedoramirror.net/pub/aurora/</A> )</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">And if you don't mind going back in time for ten years, you might try</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">*bsd. Current best option (imho) install aurora 1.00, and upgrade to</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">1.92, and eventually Corona.</FONT> <FONT COLOR="#000000">Hans</FONT> </PRE> </BLOCKQUOTE> </BODY> </HTML> --=-OmLyLDAdQoSaVi2/UNBX--