It is clear that mips and powerpc usage is in decline. I'm reluctant to drop support completely as I think it is a valuable asset for OE but I think the time has come to cut back on the testing we're doing. A lot of the burden for keeping these alive is falling to a small group of people who aren't in a position to keep doing it.
As such I'm planning to cut back on the "on target" heavier testing we're doing, basically the long running pieces and focus on what we can do minimally. As part of this I'd probably put qemuppc64 pieces into the mix as that is much more maintained than the 32 bit side of things and we do get reports when host support for qemuppc64 breaks. I need to run this past various groups including the TSC but plan to move quickly as I'm intending this to go into the current release. The recent experiences with apathy over qemuppc issues is what is pushing me to decide to do this and if we do it, it is best done now rather than closer to the LTS. If anyone strongly objects to this let me know and we can discuss how you can help maintain it! Cheers, Richard
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