Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-15 Thread Otavio Salvador
Hello all, On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 3:58 PM, Frans Pop elen...@planet.nl wrote: Now that we have two architectures that are no longer official release architectures I've been wondering if we should remove any architecture- specific text for them from the Installation Guide. I read the thread

Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-14 Thread Christian Perrier
Quoting Frans Pop (elen...@planet.nl): Now that we have two architectures that are no longer official release architectures I've been wondering if we should remove any architecture- specific text for them from the Installation Guide. No objection from my side (I wonder what objections I

Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-14 Thread Stephen R Marenka
On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 08:58:43PM +0200, Frans Pop wrote: m68k was dropped as a release architecture for Etch, and alpha is being dropped for Squeeze. For m68k the intention was to bring it back as a release architecture, but now, over 2 years later, I think we can say that's unlikely to

Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-14 Thread Brian Szymanski
Maybe I'm just sad that alpha is being dropped for squeeze, but... It strikes me that not having install docs will be a major hindrance to any revival of the alpha port, as it will discourage potential new developers from ever trying debian on their boxes and seeing what needs to be fixed. As far

Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 14 October 2009, Brian Szymanski wrote: Maybe I'm just sad that alpha is being dropped for squeeze, but... It strikes me that not having install docs will be a major hindrance to any revival of the alpha port, as it will discourage potential new developers from ever trying debian

Re: [RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-14 Thread Frans Pop
On Wednesday 14 October 2009, Frans Pop wrote: On Wednesday 14 October 2009, Brian Szymanski wrote: As far as the burden on translators goes, is there a priority ranking system for what needs to be done? Seems like that could help here... Sorry, I misread that comment. Yes, there is a

[RFC] Dropping architectures alpha and m68k from the Installation Guide

2009-10-13 Thread Frans Pop
Now that we have two architectures that are no longer official release architectures I've been wondering if we should remove any architecture- specific text for them from the Installation Guide. m68k was dropped as a release architecture for Etch, and alpha is being dropped for Squeeze. For