On Sat, Dec 17, 2011 at 3:08 AM, Grant Grundler <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 5:28 PM, John David Anglin <[email protected]> > wrote:
>> I was trying to say in a round about manner that debian ports can't be used >> to update parisc systems running "squeeze" or unstable any longer because of >> the problem noted. It's probably still ok for systems running lenny. > > Ok. lenny isn't provided from ports, it's provided from the main archive (being an official part of the release). >> I would say based on my experience that Debian package maintainers are still >> willing to respond to parisc related bugs. Most packages don't have parisc >> specific >> problems, so the situation isn't completely unrecoverable, but we need an >> unstable >> buildd that is monitored by the small core of toolchain and kernel >> maintainers. > > Agreed. IIRC, dannf volunteered to operate/maintain a buildd but was > waiting for "stable kernel" to be released and I don't if that > happened. My understand was recent kernel.org was more stable. Let's > see dannf is still available/interested in operating a buildd get an > update on what he thinks he needs to move forward. Just for the record, I have a rp3440 available with reasonable bandwidth to act as an autobuilder. It needs a (remote) admin, but it's there, if someone wants to step up. Cheers, 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/CA+DQjFhpLAwmzUW=nq7SJ8ypCyhPYaNHyCSiokZoGxMiQ=m...@mail.gmail.com
