Arthur Zamarin <[email protected]> writes: > Signed-off-by: Arthur Zamarin <[email protected]>
OK, again with regret, but I think this may end up with the arch being in a better state than now (see my hppa email). > --- > ...5-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed.en.txt | 17 +++++++++++++++++ > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+) > create mode 100644 > 2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed.en.txt > > diff --git > a/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed.en.txt > b/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed.en.txt > new file mode 100644 > index 0000000..833bb7e > --- /dev/null > +++ > b/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed/2025-08-23-stable-sparc-keywords-removed.en.txt > @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ > +Title: Stable sparc keywords removed > +Author: Arthur Zamarin <[email protected]> > +Posted: 2025-08-23 > +Revision: 1 > +News-Item-Format: 2.0 > +Display-If-Keyword: sparc > + > +The Gentoo/SPARC team has decided that the time invested in package > +stabilization is no longer justified by the small number of users on the > +sparc architecture. In addition, Gentoo currently lacks a working stable > +development machine. > + > +As a result, all "sparc" keywords will be changed to "~sparc" on 2025-09-01, > +abd the "~sparc" keyword will be added to ACCEPT_KEYWORDS in the profile. > + > +Users need not make any changes to their systems, and the Gentoo/SPARC team > +does not currently plan to remove support for the architecture.
