Hi Héctor On 2024-08-01 07:55:15 +0200, Hector Oron wrote: > [ {debian-kernel,debian-boot,debian-release}@d.o are in Bcc so they > can track follow up emails at debian-arm ML if interested. ] > > Dear fellow developers, > > Debian Installer no longer produces daily builds for this platform: > - https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/armel/ > > Debian Linux kernel packages are only building support for Raspberry > Pi Zero, Zero W and 1: > - > https://salsa.debian.org/kernel-team/linux/-/blob/master/debian/config/armel/defines.toml > while many other platforms have been dropped. > > Upstream projects, ARM companies which I was able to check with, do > not care that much about maintaining old code for ARMv5t chipsets, > therefore supporting it is more and more costly resource wise (not > only in Debian). > > Timely to the writing of this email, Arnd Bergmann posted the > following timeline to deprecate ARM (armel) architecture, you can read > at: > - > https://lwn.net/ml/all/2831c5a6-cfbf-4fe0-b51c-0396e5b0a...@app.fastmail.com/ > > Should Debian drop armel from the upcoming Debian release?
Was there a conclusion to the discussion on d-arm@l.d.o? What is the opinion of the two porters that we currently have listed for armel (added to CC)? Cheers -- Sebastian Ramacher