On Thu, Apr 11, 2013 at 7:37 PM, Aron Xu <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 12, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Matt Turner <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I'll copy-and-paste what I said to the other guy who suggested an N32 >> Debian port (on March 1, check the archives for the full thread): >> >> Disclaimer: I'm not a Debian developer or even a user. >> >> I am, however, a Gentoo/MIPS developer who completed our n32 port. >> There were some annoying bits, like packages that hardcode 'lib', but >> overall it's not a difficult task. Other distributions are already >> n32, so there's not much if any package porting to do. >> >> The scope of this project would be entirely within Debian, getting >> Debian's infrastructure going for n32. I don't personally think that's >> a SoC project, but I don't know. Maybe a Debian/n32 port involves lots >> of work I don't know about, but for Gentoo it was mostly recompile a >> bunch of stuff and fix things that break. IIRC, I was *terribly* >> unimpressed with the 2009 Port Debian to N32 project. It was just a >> recompile everything and see what breaks endeavor, which is what other >> people have done with much more success (see: Gentoo, Parabola). >> > > I don't quite get the point why do you think others have done "with > much more success" when this project isn't started anyway.
Read the blog of the guy who tried to do this project in 2009: http://sandyleo26.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/gsoc-proposal-creating-a-new-mips-n32-abi-port-for-debian/ Gentoo and Parabola have working n32 ports. People use them. That's much more success than the previous N32 GSoC project (and I suppose any n32 work since then). Maybe this is actually an argument for doing an N32 port? > It's really > not simply recompiling everything because of the presence of real-life > Multi-Arch, and actually recompiling everything isn't even a required > task in the project's description. My experience porting Gentoo to N32 was bootstrapping my an N32 base system, finding and fixing bugs, and finally building installation media. I don't feel like there was enough actual development in what I did to warrant a GSoC project. But I'm not a Debian developer or user, so maybe I don't know what is required for Debian. What would your deliverables be? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAEdQ38F-wyjZ5Cx+0Ug91zwOs8VyfbHcebUpFO2tQ=fwqvk...@mail.gmail.com
