Hi, I would like to share the ppc64el port's status with you, and check if it is feasible to consider it as an official port for the next Debian release, or, what it may be missing for that. We are eager to work on the missing parts.
I would also strengthen that this architecture is a long term strategic move, and Debian is a target operating system. Machines: -------- Machines for running ppc64el are now commercially available [1]. We moved forwards in the process of donating machines to DSA. One donation (only online access to the system while the legal is still in bureaucracy) should happen this week. The discussions have been happening for a while, and this week DSA should be able to start administering a machine (we will still be working the bureaucracy in parallel). Also, another donation should happen around September/August. (both donations are physical (whole machine), not virtual machines.) It is important to say that a porterbox, called pastel, has been available and listed in the Debian Machines page for a while. Packages coverage: ------------------ Since we were unable to participate in debian-ports buildd due to the lack of hardware, we created our own buildd. It was able to build (BFS) more than 80% of the architecture-dependent packages in 'unstable/sid'. It is still missing around 660 packages, but many of them already have patches submitted in BTS, and more are in the works. The rest of packages (around 1k8) is still depending on the these 660 packages. There is the current list of packages built from source (BFS): http://ftp.unicamp.br/pub/ppc64el/debian/buildd-upstream/build_logs/Uploaded.html It is important to say that debootstrap (buildd variant) on ppc64el is almost done (waiting on 2 BTS bugs with patches submitted). Also, we have Debian installer working internally and all the patches were already submitted to d-i and the components. I would like to say that Ubuntu supports ppc64el on the 14.04 LTS release and has most of these packages working. [1] - http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/power/hardware/s812l-s822l/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: https://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
