Does this mean no support for e6500? On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:13 AM, luigi burdo <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Im thinking to start a petition about ... "dont kill debian penguins on > powerpc" > > Luigi > ------------------------------ > *Da:* Herminio Hernandez Jr. <[email protected]> > *Inviato:* venerdì 4 novembre 2016 11.05 > *A:* Christoph Biedl > *Cc:* PowerPC List Debian > *Oggetto:* Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch' > > To say that no one stepped forward is not true. Adrian stepped up and > asked to be the porter for PowerPC. There was an entire thread on PowerPC > qualifying for Stretch where he stated his desire to support it. In the end > his request was turned down. > > Sent from my iPhone > > > On Nov 4, 2016, at 2:08 AM, Christoph Biedl < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > > Lennart Sorensen wrote... > > > >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez Jr. > wrote: > >>> Is there even a chance for PowerPC to return as a release architecture > for Debian 10 or is that just wishful thinking. > >> > >> Well as pointed out in the meeting, it does not seem any architecture > >> has ever done so. > > > > I bet never before an architecture got kicked out that is ranking as > > number 4 according to popcon. The question is, are there enough people > > that are willing to support powerpc in Debian? The way downhill began > > when nobody stepped forward in the role call. > > > > Christoph > > > >
