Re: Latest build

David Stadden <[email protected]> Sun, 06 Nov 2005 16:39:09 -0800
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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
> 
> 

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Good idea to move sparc and hp-ux to opensuse. Hope the development moves forward.<BR>
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On Mon, 2005-11-07 at 00:40 +0100, Hans Witvliet wrote:
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Sun, 2005-11-06 at 17:48 -0500, Huston wrote:</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; &#65279; </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; No there isn't a recent build for sparc.   This distribution is not</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt; ported to sparc any more.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;  </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         ----- Original Message ----- </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         From: David Stadden </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         To: <A HREF="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</A> </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2005 5:01 PM</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         Subject: [suse-sparc] Latest build</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         Is there a recent build of SuSE for sparc platform available</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         for download? On the ftp site it looks like there's a very old</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         build.</FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         </FONT>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">&gt;         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>


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