On 04/05/15 at 18:04 +0800, Paul Wise wrote: > On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 5:48 PM, Cyril Brulebois wrote: > > Lucas Nussbaum <lu...@debian.org> (2015-05-04): > >> I'm wondering if we could find a way to accomodate those architectures > >> in an official way, while still limiting the impact on ftpmasters and > >> other teams. I'm not entirely clear on the status of debian-ports.org, > >> and of what the current downsides of using debian-ports are. Maybe it's > >> just about supporting and advertising debian-ports as Debian's official > >> way to host second-class architectures. Maybe there's more to it. What > >> are the current downsides of moving hurd-i386 and sparc to debian-ports? > > > > Last I heard about it, it was understaffed and infra was undersized + > > needed some changes to make it possible to grow. > > > > This was some time ago, so I've added admin@ to make sure we get updated > > intel on this topic. > > zumbi was working on moving debian-ports to debian.org infrastructure > and got some of it done (the website for instance). I asked him about > it on IRC and got this response: > > <pabs> zumbi: this mail looks like it needs a status update re > ports.d.o https://lists.debian.org/20150504062822.ga24...@xanadu.blop.info > <zumbi> pabs: we had this: https://titanpad.com/debian-ports > <zumbi> pabs: I was hoping for debcamp/debconf to be able to finish it up > <zumbi> (however I am still unsure about if I'll be able to attend event) > <pabs> zumbi: may I copy that into email or can you? > <zumbi> pabs: feel free to copy it > <zumbi> pabs: it needs someone with wanna-build database experience, > some dsa, aurel32 (and maybe some ftp-master) to complete the work
That pad says: "As a result of current state, d-ports cannot accept more ports". If that's still true, it would make sense to postpone dropping hurd and sparc until this is fixed... Lucas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/20150504104741.ga18...@xanadu.blop.info
