Deprecated s390, x86_64, ia64 arches to be removed from site; general project notes.

Hi all,

In the next few weeks I'll be removing this dead wood from the Tao
download site, since they have seen no updates in many months.  Note
that any extra/modified source packages (src.rpm) will remain in the
tao-1.0-SRPMS directory.

Most notably, this means there will be no Tao for x86_64 for the
foreseeable future, since I don't have time to work on this myself.
However, I have no qualms whatsoever in recommending CentOS to anyone
looking to run something similar on that platform.  In fact, our single
x86_64 box at AU runs CentOS 4.

My commitment to i386 remains the same, however.  Tao 1.0 and Tao 4
still have a long future ahead of them - now 2 years longer, since RH
now promises a 7 year supported lifespan on their RHEL products.

For those of you not already aware, 'Tao Linux' is still the primary
Linux OS used at Alfred University, and even our mission-critical
fileserver has been converted.  Tao/i386 also serves as the development
base for Tao-TC, the project nearest and dearest to my heart.  These are
my biggest motivations for past and future Tao/i386.

Also, some of you _may_ have noticed my updates are slowing down a bit.
That's because I've just been letting my cron jobs do most of the work,
which run in roughly 4-hour intervals.  For a while, whenever a new
update came out, I manually poked the build system to grab & build
updates.  This meant more interruptions to my day-to-day work, and took
more of my time.  Now I just sit back and wait for the 'Build complete'
e-mail, alerting me to packages I need to sign and ship.  This means
less of my time spent with tedium, and more Tao time on interesting
stuff, such as new isos, website updates, and improved yum integration.

For the time being, isos and website updates are at the top of my list
for Tao stuff.  In general, though, I feel Tao Linux has reached a
plateau.  The build scripts and work flow have settled, and all of the
bone-head dumb things I did now have error-checking measures in place.
There's not many things I want to do better or more of, and for a OS
that's server-centric and needs to be stable, I think it's best not to
rock the boat much.

Finally, thanks again to all of those who have expressed their thanks
for my work on Tao Linux - it has always been and continues to be my
pleasure!

regards,
David

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