On Wed, Oct 15, 2008 at 10:56 PM, Moritz Muehlenhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Lucas Nussbaum wrote: > > > (A) accept the hand-built packages into lenny. When a security update > > for ruby1.9 will be necessary, that update will have to be hand-built on > > hppa, on a machine with a suitable kernel. > > > > (B) drop ruby1.9 on hppa. That requires NMUing a dozen of packages that > > depend or build-depend on ruby1.9, including rrdtool, to either drop the > > dependancy on ruby1.9 on hppa, or drop it completely on all arches. > > Given that there's still ruby1.8 on hppa, this seems like the best > solution. > > > (C) drop hppa as a release arch. After all, there are no active porter > > except people willing to provide access to systems (which is nice, but > > clearly not enough to keep hppa in a reasonable state), no > > developer-accessible machine admined by DSA, a 2.6.26 SMP kernel that > > doesn't boot, etc. > > Helge Deller has recent porting work, i.e. the *context() implementations. > Given that Debian's the only distribution supporting hppa, dropping > it seems not IMHO right, but should be reconsidered if things don't improve > until Squeeze. > > Cheers, > Moritz > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > AFAICT Gentoo supports HPPA too.
