>>>>> "Martin" == Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Martin> Jesper Skov wrote: >> Hi >> >> I'm seriously considering helping out with the PowerPC/Debian port >> (partly to stress test the Linux/APUS port but also because I feel >> the need to work on some application level stuff - rebooting gets >> boring in the long run) and spend the morning downloading PPC >> Debian binaries... I only downloaded admin, devel, emacs, libs and >> base - and it's not really working out. So, on to plan B - asking >> silly questions on the list: >> >> I need to get a couple of CDs with the current PPC binaries and >> sources and wonder where to get those. I looked at UK distributers >> and a few American, but none of them seem to do PPC images. So, >> where Martin> Come to Oldenburg and this is possible. There will be quite Martin> some people with burners around and a debian mirror is good Martin> reachable - if the power is not turned off. Even then I can Martin> write you two cd's. Hey! This is what I hoped for all along... Except I probably will not come to Oldenburg :( Martin> Right now it doesn't make much sense selling ppc cds. The Martin> system doesn't yet boot off off a cd nor do we have a powerpc Martin> boot disk set. This is one of the things we should consider Martin> for Oldenburg. It would be helpful if you could try to work Martin> something out so we would have a start. I thought someone was already working on boot floppies (I think I saw a few postings in the archive about this). >> would I get it? Come to think of it, shouldn't Debian be >> sponsoring the startup cost for new developers by sending >> appropriate CDs? :) Martin> The costs for new cd's are so low that it doesn't make sense Martin> to invent a debian office who sends freshly burned CD roms to Martin> new wannabe maintainers. There are a lot of maintainers all Martin> around the world who can burn you a custom Cd if you just ask. Martin> Hint: Phil Hands also lives in the UK. Well, I really didn't expect someone to reply that they had shipped some CDs by overnight express. I was hoping for pointers to someone who has the technology (CD burner) and a mirror of the PPC stuff. Any Debian distributor who knows more about Debian than "it's those premade images I can download, burn and sell". Preferably one I could pay with plastic - which rules out the U.K. distributors :( Jesper
