On Saturday, March 22, 2025 3:18:53 AM Mountain Standard Time Alexis 
PM wrote:
> Package: libqt6webenginecore6
> Version: 6.8.2+dfsg-3
> Severity: wishlist
> X-Debbugs-CC: tpear...@raptorengineering.com
> 
> Hello
> 
> qtwebengine has the noticeable lack of not supporting one of the
> standing architectures for the stable debian releases: ppc64el.
> 
> This has been reported upstream:
> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-56465
> https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-120034
> 
> The reason used is that there is no official support of ppc64el in
> Chromium.
> 
> But Debian's Chromium supports ppc64el, there are binaries of
> chromium for ppc64el since 2022:
> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1005083#40
> 
> Due to the time elapsed since the upstream reports, I think it is
> appropriate to apply the necessary changes downstream in Debian.
> 
> Thank you very much.

I think the best place to focus your efforts in on upstream Qt 
WebEngine.  Debian is unlikely to ship support for an architecture in 
a package as complex as Qt WebEngine if it is not supported upstream.

-- 
Soren Stoutner
so...@debian.org

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