> On 22 May 15, at 01:34, Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org> wrote: > >>> On 2015/05/21 20:07, akita1...@online.de wrote: >>>> 5.7/packages/arm is not available even on ftp.openbsd.org. >>>> Is that lost beyond recall? >>> >>> On 21 May 15, at 13:05, Stuart Henderson <st...@openbsd.org> wrote: >>> We haven't been building arm packages since 5.6. >> > On 2015/05/21 18:54, Philip Cheney wrote: >> That's unfortunate, since arm is one of the few architectures where building >> ports is often infeasible due to limitations of the installed machine. > > That applies even more so to building thousands of packages in a bulk > build ;)
I completely understand! >> Why aren't arm packages built anymore? Is a hardware donation needed for the >> build farm? > > I used to build them but the N2100 died (and in any event it was quite > labour intensive babysitting the build, and took about 3 months to > complete). Other people stepped in for the last couple of releases, > though not for the last one and knowing how long it takes I didn't feel > like asking for volunteers. It might make more sense when there are > supported machines that are more suited to running bulk builds. I've been building packages as I need them on a Beaglebone Black and I can go ahead and start a bulk build. While it's building, I'll pick up something a little more suitable for the task, too. It looks like the Wandboard is fairly well supported and the Quad model has a bit more punch for the cost. Does anyone know of any caveats to using that system?
