Andy, Thanks for your reply. It is because of this situation that I am trying to get people to think about the separate port. All distro' are held back by one thing, and that is kernel development.
The last thing I want to see is everyone with perfectly good hardware, having to move to *BSD. Thanks for your comment. Chris. On 20/08/07, andrew holway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (offlist) > > It would seem that sparc32 is being quietly left to die. There has > been much wailing and nashing of teeth but no one actually stepped > forward and offered to work towards keeping it going. > > Most linux distributions have been abandoning support for sparc32. > > Andy > > On 20/08/07, Chris Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I know that discussion is on-going regarding the future of 32-bit sparc. > > > > I heard it suggested that a separate port could be set-up for 32 -bit > sparc, > > permitting maintainers and supporters to pool resources and work-out > whether > > 32-bit support is possible. This would also give sparc64 the chance to > be > > optimised, without worrying about 32-bit. > > > > Does anybody know whether any plans have been made for this to happen? > > > > Many thanks. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Chris. > > >
