A shame seeing that there is a laptop being developed that is powerpc. http://www.powerpc-notebook.org/en/
On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 11:31 AM, luigi burdo <intermedi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > yes no support for all PPC BE , PPC64 too. > > Only PPCLE (power8 and power9) are supported. > > > Luigi > > > ------------------------------ > *Da:* Joe Nosay <superbisq...@gmail.com> > *Inviato:* venerdì 4 novembre 2016 16.25 > *A:* luigi burdo > *Cc:* Herminio Hernandez Jr.; PowerPC List Debian > *Oggetto:* Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch' > > Does this mean no support for e6500? > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 6:13 AM, luigi burdo <intermedi...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > >> >> Im thinking to start a petition about ... "dont kill debian penguins on >> powerpc" >> >> Luigi >> ------------------------------ >> *Da:* Herminio Hernandez Jr. <herminio.hernande...@gmail.com> >> *Inviato:* venerdì 4 novembre 2016 11.05 >> *A:* Christoph Biedl >> *Cc:* PowerPC List Debian >> *Oggetto:* Re: Release Architectures for Debian 9 'Stretch' >> >> To say that no one stepped forward is not true. Adrian stepped up and >> asked to be the porter for PowerPC. There was an entire thread on PowerPC >> qualifying for Stretch where he stated his desire to support it. In the end >> his request was turned down. >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> > On Nov 4, 2016, at 2:08 AM, Christoph Biedl < >> debian.a...@manchmal.in-ulm.de> wrote: >> > >> > Lennart Sorensen wrote... >> > >> >>> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 09:09:56AM -0700, Herminio Hernandez Jr. >> wrote: >> >>> Is there even a chance for PowerPC to return as a release >> architecture for Debian 10 or is that just wishful thinking. >> >> >> >> Well as pointed out in the meeting, it does not seem any architecture >> >> has ever done so. >> > >> > I bet never before an architecture got kicked out that is ranking as >> > number 4 according to popcon. The question is, are there enough people >> > that are willing to support powerpc in Debian? The way downhill began >> > when nobody stepped forward in the role call. >> > >> > Christoph >> > >> >> >
