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From: "Robin H. Johnson" <robbat2@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 18:11:34
Message-Id: robbat2-20180430T174120-822154713Z@orbis-terrarum.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-dev] Current state of arm and arm64 architecture in Gentoo Linux by Pengcheng Xu
1 On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 07:39:59PM +0800, Pengcheng Xu wrote:
2 > Hi all,
3 >
4 > I'm currently working on my Gentoo GSoC project (
5 > https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/projects/#5132157995974656 ), and
6 > I'm wondering what's the current work state of Gentoo Linux's arm
7 > architecture. The last stage3 tarball update date was 20161127, and,
8 > as it's quite dated compared to popular architectures (e.g. amd64),
9 > does that mean the architecture is no longer actively maintained
10 > anymore?
11 >
12 > And I've read about the arm64 architecture for Gentoo Linux. Is that still considered experimental for now?
13 The date of the stage3 tarball is mostly a function of lack time in
14 working on the host for the automated catalyst builds.
15
16 Specifically, spinning up stuff at Packet.net's ARM64 servers,
17 bootstrapped in Gentoo from their Ubuntu/Debian offerings.
18
19 Packages are definitely being tested & keyworded for arm64.
20
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22 Robin Hugh Johnson
23 Gentoo Linux: Dev, Infra Lead, Foundation Treasurer
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