Re: [gentoo-dev] Re: [gentoo-dev-announce] [RFC/announcement] ARM64 project / architecture team

[Mart Raudsepp]

On Tue, 2018-01-09 at 08:29 -0500, Aaron Bauman wrote:
>
> On January 8, 2018 4:32:29 AM EST, Mart Raudsepp <leio@g.o>
> wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I have created a new ARM64 project[1] as an architecture team
> > project,
> > as I don't find it appropriate to handle this under the ARM project
> > and
> > all its legacy (including confusing stabilization rules, etc). It
> > is
> > also clearer that way, who is taking care of arm and who arm64,
> > based
> > on the members list.
> >
> > The current main goal is to fix up the deptree and get some arm64
> > profiles stable. To that effect, I'd like to ask package
> > maintainers to
> > kindly consider with arm64 as they CC architecture teams for
> > (re)keywording or stabilization, as if it was a stable arch.
> >
> > New members are expected to have long-term interest in the
> > architecture
> > and the work involved with that. Or responsibly removing themselves
> > from the project when their short-term interest fades.
> >
> >
> > [1]: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Project:ARM64
>
> It is great to see you have reached the point of creating the arm64
> project :)
>
> Would you like security to CC as well while to assist the arch as you
> work toward a stable profile? This would not hold/delay the security
> bug process until you are officially security supported, but I
> believe it will help achieve your goal of stabilization.

I would like arm64 to be CCed when appropriate (older version is marked
arm64 stable) as a courtesy on security bugs as well as STABLEREQ and
KEYWORDREQ bugs, and not hold back any security things for now, yes.

> If you desire to do so, security team can discuss support and our
> internal way forward to assist. 

I think we should reach a stable profile first, or be much closer to
it.


Mart