On Wed, 16 Nov 2016 08:57:43 +0100, François P. Rotzinger wrote: >Debian (eventually an older version like Wheezy) might still support >PPC.
It's not that hard to get information about this. "Release architectures for Stretch will be as follows: * amd64 * arm64 * armel * armhf * i386 * mips * mips64el * mipsel * ppc64el * s390x The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took the view that the least disservice to users of that port is to provide reasonable notice of its discontinuation. We recognise and acknowledge that discontinuing any port is unavoidably disruptive. The question of whether powerpc remains an architecture in the main archive or moves to ports is one for FTP masters, not the release team." - https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/10/msg00008.html https://www.google.de/#q=debian+drops+ppc "Debian “jessie” Release Information Debian 8.6 was released September 17th, 2016. Debian 8.0 was initially released on April 26th, 2015. The release included many major changes, described in our press release and the Release Notes. To obtain and install Debian, see the installation information page and the Installation Guide. To upgrade from an older Debian release, see the instructions in the Release Notes. The following computer architectures are supported in this release: 64-bit PC (amd64) 32-bit PC (i386) EABI ARM (armel) PowerPC Hard Float ABI ARM (armhf) MIPS (little endian) MIPS (big endian) IBM System z 64-bit ARM (AArch64) POWER Processors" - https://www.debian.org/releases/jessie/ ( https://help.ubuntu.com/community/SupportedArchitectures ) https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCFAQ https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PowerPCDownloads http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.04.1/release/ http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/lubuntu/releases/16.04.1/release/lubuntu-16.04-desktop-powerpc.manifest I don't understand how upgrades are handles, but I'm sure his information also is provided by the Internet. Keep in mind that for Ubuntu upstream is Debian. https://tracker.debian.org/ Regards, Ralf -- xubuntu-users mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-users
