On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 03:33:29PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: > On Thu, Aug 24, 2006 at 12:50:36PM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 12:32 +0200, Yves-Alexis Perez wrote: > > > On Thu, 2006-08-24 at 04:57 -0400, Simon Raven wrote: > > > debian-ppc is > > > one of the most (and maybe the most ?) ppc-user mailing > > > list on the net, where one can find help from other users and ppc-dev. > > > > > Once upon a time, this list was actually used for its purpose as > > declared on > > > > http://lists.debian.org/ports.html > > > > i.e. to discuss technical issues of the Debian powerpc port. Now this > > has disappeared almost completely. I can hardly remember the last time a > > query from another part of the Debian project about the status of a > > certain aspect of the powerpc port was actually answered on this list, > > most likely because a large portion if not most of the list traffic is > > OT these days, and I think this is very bad. YMMV.
What is 'OT'? > > Maybe this is because there are so few powerpc porters left in debian ? Or > those who used to be porters got interests in something else, leaving only me, > which kind of burned out earlier this year ? > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther > Sven, If there are few powerpc porters left, what is the future of PPC on debian, especially for non-mac ppc? Should I even be considering a switch from comodity-x86 arch to RS/6000 when I personally am not a kernel hacker (I only do python and fortran)? I'll never be paying for a commercial linux (e.g. RHES or SuSE) to run the RS/6000; if I could afford that I would probably just buy AIX. I'm looking at the RS/6000 because of its inherent reliability as opposed to x86 reliability based on cheap replacement when it breaks. What is your wisdom on moving from x86 to RS/6000? Thanks, Doug Tutty. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
