Sven Luther <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Nov 28, 2006 at 08:00:45AM +0100, Michael Schmitz wrote: >> (contemplating to switch to ubuntu finally, as the Debian development >> process now appears to be broken by design at least as it relates to >> powerpc) > > Oh, ubuntu is not better, Well, Colin Watson is handling the port, which is > fine, but they also left bug reports from me molder in their awful BTS for > months, and they where finally never applied. And they asked for hardware > donation and possibly some monetary incetive (not sure about this one though), > in order to get the pegasos supported, even though we made all the work.
They seem to be considering dropping powerpc anyway. http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/11/16/1443243 > According to the PowerPC review spec, only 0.8% of downloads from > archive.ubuntu.com are for the PowerPC architecture as of November > 2006, down from 1.95% in July 2005. > > Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth and Ubuntu CTO Matt Zimmerman each > indicated that dropping official support for Ubuntu's desktop > install on PowerPC was on the table. While demand for PowerPC is > declining, the work required to keep the port current remains > steady. > > Lack of official support doesn't mean that PowerPC support would go > out the window entirely. If demand for PowerPC server installs > remains steady, it could be maintained as an unofficial port and > moved to ports.ubuntu.com. -- Paul Collins Wellington, New Zealand Dag vijandelijk luchtschip de huismeester is dood -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
