Hi, I'm using the ppc port (VME boards and Power5 Power5+ and Power6 systems) and I'd like to help. I'm not a DD but I have upload rights because of my DM status (I maintain and co maintain a few packages related to Ada). I'm mainly an Ada and C developer.
Hope it will help, xavier ----------------original message----------------- De: "Gaudenz Steinlin" [email protected] A: "debian-powerpc" [email protected] Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2010 19:09:43 +0200 ------------------------------------------------- > Excerpts from Benjamin Cama's message of Don Sep 16 14:01:52 +0200 2010: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying to exactly understand the bugs that currently affect the >> Debian PPC port and particularly yaboot. There are many bugs around it, >> but even before trying to fix them, we should check if it's even >> possible to get them applied?! And as we saw (a lot due to Rick Thomas >> work) yaboot is currently unmaintained and as been so for a very long >> time (see http://packages.qa.debian.org/y/yaboot.html ). I am Cc'ing >> Aurélien Gérôme just in case, but without much hope, and Sven Luther has >> left for a long time. >> >> The problem is?: who could take yaboot over ? There are no DD that I >> know of in the debian-ppc community and yaboot is quite arch-specific. >> Furthermore, I am not very familiar with how such a take-over could take >> place?: I've had a look at >> >> http://www.debian.org/doc/developers-reference/beyond-pkging.html# >> mia-qa >> and I am planning to write to [email protected], but help on gathering >> information is welcome. I am also wondering if a NMU could be possible. >> >> Then, updating yaboot to the latest known active development branch >> (http://yaboot.ozlabs.org/ ) would help a lot our port to stay alive, as >> many have noted that Debian on PPC looks a bit dead from "outside". >> >> Another problem is that a lot of information is lost because this >> mailing-list is one of the "last" place to get information about Linux >> on PPC for desktop users but digging in the archives is no always easy. >> I think we should try to gather information on the wiki?: >> http://wiki.debian.org/PowerPC >> >> If anyone want to help have a correct PPC port for Squeeze, please >> join?! > > I'm willing to sponsor packages. But the maintenance work has to be > done by others. I currently don't have time to invest larger chunks of > time into Debian PPC. Please contact me by private mail if you have > PPC specific packages ready and are looking for a sponsor. > > I'm also willing to sponsor NMUs for any bugs that warrant an NMU. > > So, no it's up to the non DDs careing about powerpc to do the work > instead of just complaining that nobody cares ;-) > > Gaudenz > -- > Ever tried. Ever failed. No matter. > Try again. Fail again. Fail better. > ~ Samuel Beckett ~ > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
