I have conflicted opinions about this. Curiosity, which is a big motivation for many project I work on, wants to support alpha. The reality is though, that any operating system needs to be able to provide support. If it's not intrinsic support from enthusiasts about a certain platform, we need to do it. It is difficult with quasi dead platforms. The resources Guix itself currently takes are difficult for devices with low specs. I myself am not again alpha. Is it unrealistic? Of course. Might it be of use for some people? Yes.
It would be interesting to support alpha, sparc/64, etc, but that is just me. The final call is for Ludovic and Ricardo. Vincent Weisner transcribed 5.0K bytes: > Ludo, > > > > No additional patches were needed and no, I don't have any DEC Alpha hardware. > > > > If you rather not include an Alpha port, then why does the code state > "alpha-linux" in /gnu/packages/bootstrapping.scm? > > > On Aug 19, 2018, at 12:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > > > Hello Vincent, > > Vincent Weisner <[email protected]> skribis: > > > On Aug 10, 2018, at 05:10 AM, Vincent Weisner <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > I have cross-compiled the GNU Guix bootstrap tarballs for DEC Alpha systems > running GNU/Linux. I don't own an Alpha system, so I didn't get to test them. > The SHA256 Checksum for the uploaded files are: > 53d990843c2c64f6593d0ae8262dca758910da6783b3949ef54677a87c3c5cd8 - > binutils-static-stripped-2.28-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz > 2ab011049b50f4ce04952e3fab7c6020da71e13b454cceb75f6fbd774b8973d2 - > gcc-stripped-5.4.0-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz > 6c36b8179fee99e942b7bdf49e523d4f46aa23cbbd9bc818364239fc67b3fe6c - > glibc-stripped-2.25-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz > 8668d3943ab2045a061f442954964fcb07fed2136edb08ecf9ef561ddb120ddf - > guile-static-stripped-2.2.2-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz > 7c1cdc3b63794315040d77b4d019793444b9496b9843bc87d2ed70dc0435731b - > static-binaries-0-alpha-linux-gnu.tar.xz > > > I will upload the bootstrap GCC tarball in a reply as I maxed out my > attachment space. > > Nice! Did cross-compilation work without any additional patches? > Do you have hardware to run it on? > > Since Alpha CPUs are (unfortunately) no longer produced, I would rather > not include the Alpha port in Guix proper. You would have to maintain > your own branch of Guix if you plan to use it regularly. > > Thanks, > Ludo’.
