On Tue, Feb 8, 2011 at 1:49 AM, dann frazier <[email protected]> wrote: > > [please keep the list cc'd] > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 09:59:42AM -0800, Wojciech Galazka wrote: > > On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 8:10 AM, dann frazier <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Sun, Feb 06, 2011 at 02:27:27AM -0800, Wojciech Galazka wrote: > > >> Could anyone please explain in a plain language: > > >> - is it possible to make a fresh install of Debian 6.0 on a C3600 > > >> hardware given that there is no support for HPPA in Debian Squeeze? > > > > > > It is not, sorry. > > > > > >> - is it possible to somehow upgrade to Debian 6.0 from existing > > >> installation of Debian 5.0, which still supports HPPA hardware? > > > > > > It is not - there is no Debian 6.0 for hppa. You can upgrade to > > > 'unstable' though, if you're willing to accept all of the associated > > > risks. > > > > > > > Ok, this news is good enough. I supposed that support for HPPA in > > Debian would stop at all. Fortunately I can live with unstable. > > > > Is there any way I could help the unstable version to be kept alive? > > For it to remain in unstable, it would need to be a candidate for a > future stable release. At this point, I don't personally see that > happening. However, we are looking into migrating to debian-ports, > which would allow us to still build/publish unofficial builds of > unstable.
Just curious, which policy states that any unstable port must be a potential stable candidate? (i.e. what's the matter with keeping autobuilders running, as long as hppa isn't a blocker for testing migration?); also, any ETA as to when hppa will be kicked out of unstable? Thx T-Bone -- Thibaut VARENE http://www.parisc-linux.org/~varenet/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
