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On Thu, 2021-10-14 at 15:40 +0200, Marek Szuba wrote: |
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> Dear everyone, |
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> |
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> Following some private discussions, I feel quite strongly now that it |
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> would both considerably improve certain processes and make our use of |
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> limited manpower more efficient were we to further reduce the number of |
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> stable arches in Gentoo Linux. Specifically, I propose to drop |
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> - hppa, |
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> - ppc, |
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> - sparc, |
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> - x86 |
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> to ~arch-only status. |
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> |
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I don't have a strong opinion either way. |
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On one hand, I fully realize that these platforms are a hassle (hppa |
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and x86 especially). On the other hand, I wouldn't want to basically go |
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tell Dakon "sorry, you're doing a good job but we've arbitrarily decided |
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it's not worth your effort". |
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While we're discussing it, maybe we should start by defining a clear |
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criteria for platform support tiers? Like: what are the requirements |
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for a platform to maintain stable keywords? Then the decisions could |
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look less arbitrary, and people would have a clear way of knowing what |
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they need to do if they wish the platform to continue having stable |
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keywords. |
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-- |
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Best regards, |
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Michał Górny |
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