Am Montag 16 April 2007 04:04 schrieb Ben Collins: > On Sun, 2007-04-15 at 21:51 +0100, Jurij Smakov wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Now that we have released, we need to set our goals for the future. As > > you probably guessed from the subject, I am strongly in favor of > > dropping sparc32 support for lenny. There are multiple reasons for it, > > including > > > > * Nearly complete lack of upstream support. David Miller, current > > upstream maintainer of sparc64 has expressed his thoughts on the > > topic in [0], triggering the discussion about dropping sparc32 > > support in Aurora Linux. [1] > > * Several serious problems, like lack of SMP support and driver > > failures (CD-ROMs do not work for some reason). > > * Shrinking userbase, flaky hardware. > > * Possibility to build the archive with optimization for UltraSparc > > processors, leading in some cases to significant performance > > improvements. > > > > As much as I hate to see Debian lose the support for another > > subarchitecture, I don't think that anything can be done about it, > > unless a group of determined and, more importantly, capable people, > > willing to maintain, fix and test it, will emerge. There is also a > > possibility of separating sparc32 into an unofficial project. > > > > Any thoughts on the matter will be appreciated. My intention is to > > come to a rough consensus (if possible), and then present our plan > > with regards to sparc32 to release managers. > > > > [0] http://marc.info/?l=linux-sparc&m=117407830512186&w=2 > > [1] > > http://lists.auroralinux.org/pipermail/aurora-sparc-user/2007-March/00450 > >4.html > > IMO, because of the issues already noted, I think the Debian users have > already dropped support for sparc32. So Debian making it official is > just supporting reality, and not really changing it. > > In other words, make the move. Sparc32 community is definitely not what > it used to be, and I'm doubting that anyone is seriously running 2.6.x > kernels on sparc32 boxes anyway (if mine was still running, I'd be using > 2.4.x for sure). I use the 2.6.x becouse I want the same kernel on every mashine. The only thing I'm not sure is about the mouse. I don't realy know jet which device, but I still found the botton in /dev. It's also not sure if the mouse realy works.
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