Hello Just a quick question on the bulk of PPC architecture and the eventual abandonment.
I admit that my question may seem naive so I apologize. How long can we expect PPC G3, G4 and G5 architectures to continue seeing security updates? Is there a clear roadmap. Again, I apologize for being ignorant on the topic. Kindest regards —Alex Santos > On Oct 31, 2016, at 2:31 PM, Jonathan Wiltshire <j...@debian.org> wrote: > > Release architectures for Stretch will be as follows: > > * amd64 > * arm64 > * armel > * armhf > * i386 > * mips > * mips64el > * mipsel > * ppc64el > * s390x > > The only change from Jessie is the removal of powerpc as a release > architecture. We discussed this at length, and eventually took > the view that the least disservice to users of that port is to provide > reasonable notice of its discontinuation. We recognise and acknowledge > that discontinuing any port is unavoidably disruptive. > > The question of whether powerpc remains an architecture in the main archive > or moves to ports is one for FTP masters, not the release team. > > For the release team: > -- > Jonathan Wiltshire j...@debian.org > Debian Developer http://people.debian.org/~jmw > > 4096R: 0xD3524C51 / 0A55 B7C5 1223 3942 86EC 74C3 5394 479D D352 4C51 >
