Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread warp
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 12:04:29PM -0400, Christopher C Chimelis wrote: On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Brian White wrote: Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! So far, Alpha is looking near ready and we are shooting to

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Christopher C Chimelis
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is one, MAJOR, huge, massive, 'program' which egcs will not properly compile, this is the kernel, 2.0.x is officially not going to operate 100% correctly when compiled with gcc 2.8.x or egcs.. Any suggestions? On the Alpha? I've had

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Brian White
So far, Alpha is looking near ready and we are shooting to release with slink/i386. A caveat, however, is that we need to resolve some big egcs issues SOON or else we can't release (as is, 1.1b will not compile two or three vital packages correctly). There is one, MAJOR, huge, massive,

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Paul Slootman
On Wed 14 Oct 1998, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 12:04:29PM -0400, Christopher C Chimelis wrote: slink/i386. A caveat, however, is that we need to resolve some big egcs issues SOON or else we can't release (as is, 1.1b will not compile two or three vital packages

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 01:50:33PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: I last compiled (with success) 2.0.36pre2 with gcc version egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs 1.0.3 release) (according to /proc/version). That works perfectly with ISDN and all, and stayed up for a month until I upgraded sysvinit which

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Brian White
Oh, i can generate a kernel-image_2.1.125-1_powerpc.deb along with source and dsc files and upload it to master, but will you and the other arch maintainer agree with this?? If it's a powerpc package only, I don't see why there would be a problem. It should get installed

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Jules Bean
--On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 1:12 pm +0200 Christian Meder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: * if there's a stabilized snapshot newbies will get (hopefully) a softer introduction in the wonders of the Linux-Sparc/Powerpc/Arm/... world I see your argument. I'm worried that we might be perceived as

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Christian Meder
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 11:49:59PM +0100, Jules Bean wrote: --On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 12:14 am +0200 Christian Meder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:05:25AM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: Brian == Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian Could I get some

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Paul Slootman
On Thu 15 Oct 1998, J.H.M. Dassen Ray wrote: On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 at 01:50:33PM +0200, Paul Slootman wrote: I last compiled (with success) 2.0.36pre2 with gcc version egcs-2.90.29 980515 (egcs 1.0.3 release) (according to /proc/version). That works perfectly with ISDN and all, and stayed

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Paul Slootman
On Thu 15 Oct 1998, Christopher C Chimelis wrote: On Wed, 14 Oct 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: There is one, MAJOR, huge, massive, 'program' which egcs will not properly compile, this is the kernel, 2.0.x is officially not going to operate 100% correctly when compiled with gcc 2.8.x or

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Christopher C. Chimelis
Paul Slootman wrote: The last time I tried (about 10 sec. ago, on a.d.nl :-): make[2]: Entering directory `/extra/home/debian/psl/kernel/linux/drivers/net' gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/extra/home/debian/psl/kernel/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -O2 -fomit-frame-pointer

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-15 Thread Hartmut Koptein
If we call it something like a 'developer' release, or an 'early-access' release, then it sounds like a great idea, yes... as long as people don't get the impression that it is a full 2.1 release. Ok, under this impression powerpc is ready to go. I'll upload 2.1 kernel source and images

Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Brian White
Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) ---

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Dan Jacobowitz
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:15:51AM -0400, Brian White wrote: Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! Brian ( [EMAIL PROTECTED] ) PowerPC has

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Christopher C Chimelis
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Brian White wrote: Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! So far, Alpha is looking near ready and we are shooting to release with slink/i386. A caveat, however, is that we need to resolve some big

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Brian White
Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! So far, Alpha is looking near ready and we are shooting to release with slink/i386. A caveat, however, is that we need to resolve some big egcs issues SOON or else we can't

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Christopher C Chimelis
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Brian White wrote: Probably 4-6 weeks. I'd like to ship it before the end of November. Fantastic! Guy, is there any problem with freezing the alpha architecture some time after the main freeze? About the only thing I'm really concerned with is egcs. As much as I hate

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Jim Pick
Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! ARM is nowhere near being release ready (we just started). Cheers, - Jim

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Stephen Zander
Brian == Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian Could I get some official word on which architectures wish Brian to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! I don't think sparc is ready to go, though Johnnie or Eric may see it differently. Ultrasparc definately isn't.

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Santiago Vila
On Wed, 14 Oct 1998, Brian White wrote: Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! hurd-i386 is certainly not ready. BTW: Considering the great amount of Cc:s in the original post, I have decided to trim a little bit the

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Hartmut Koptein
Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! PowerPC has more or less given up on making 2.1. We're moving well, but I'm of the inclination we shouldn't release until we have a truly stabilized libc - or at least until

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Brian White
Could I get some official word on which architectures wish to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! PowerPC has more or less given up on making 2.1. We're moving well, but I'm of the inclination we shouldn't release until we have a truly stabilized libc - or at least

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Hartmut Koptein
We need a 2.1.x kernel source package, which isn't available for debian. I don't see why you couldn't create one just for the powerpc arch. Either way, v2.2 of the kernel should be available before v2.2 of Debian. Yes, last rumors say that linux-2.2 came out short before christmas. Oh, i

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Brian White
We need a 2.1.x kernel source package, which isn't available for debian. I don't see why you couldn't create one just for the powerpc arch. Either way, v2.2 of the kernel should be available before v2.2 of Debian. Yes, last rumors say that linux-2.2 came out short before christmas.

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Cort Dougan
Please wait about 2 days. Geert and Paul have finished the last of their commits and I'm putting in a few small changes today and tomorrow. }Yes, last rumors say that linux-2.2 came out short before christmas. } }Oh, i can generate a kernel-image_2.1.125-1_powerpc.deb along with source }and dsc

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Hartmut Koptein
Oh, i can generate a kernel-image_2.1.125-1_powerpc.deb along with source and dsc files and upload it to master, but will you and the other arch maintainer agree with this?? If it's a powerpc package only, I don't see why there would be a problem. It should get installed automatically

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Christian Meder
On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:05:25AM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: Brian == Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian Could I get some official word on which architectures wish Brian to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! I don't think sparc is ready to go, though

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Jules Bean
--On Thu, Oct 15, 1998 12:14 am +0200 Christian Meder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, Oct 14, 1998 at 10:05:25AM -0700, Stephen Zander wrote: Brian == Brian White [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Brian Could I get some official word on which architectures wish Brian to be included in

Re: Upcoming 2.1 Release Architectures

1998-10-14 Thread Hartmut Koptein
Brian Could I get some official word on which architectures wish Brian to be included in the 2.1 release of Debian? Thanks! I don't think sparc is ready to go, though Johnnie or Eric may see it differently. I'm neither Johnnie nor Eric but I think the basic tools on sparc