On 2016-01-23, "Bryan C. Everly" <br...@bceassociates.com> wrote:
> I just noticed that the VAX packages directory was missing on > openbsd.cs.toronto.edu and the other mirrors I checked. I searched the > MARC.info archives and didn't see anything announcing that the VAX was > going away but perhaps I missed something? There hasn't been anything official. Vax is one of several architectures that Theo has had to stop building base snapshots for because the system is too unreliable / the hardware itself is unreliable / the hardware is dead. The last snapshot is dated Oct 31. I assume that sebastia@'s cessation of package builds has related reasons. Going by previous experience, it's conceivable that somebody else will step in to build the release and possibly a few packages. Vax has been on life support with ever more perfunctory package builds for years. Again, from previous experience, it may take several release cycles of hemming and hawing before people face the facts and officially let it die. Armish, socppc, and sparc are also on their death beds. I'm not divulging deep secrets here; you can just check the dates on ftp and see that no recent snapshots have been built. -- Christian "naddy" Weisgerber na...@mips.inka.de
