Re: [gentoo-dev] taking a break from arches stabilization

[Aaron Bauman]

On Monday, July 10, 2017 1:22:20 PM EDT Agostino Sarubbo wrote:
> Hi all.
>
> every time that I attach my tmux session to see what happens on irc, I
> always see the same discussion about the 'minor' arches status.
> Since I joined gentoo(2011) I worked on all arches except hppa, I put more
> effort in amd64 and less where I saw other people work on it (arm,alpha)
> But every time the magic phrase is that those arches are unmaintained.
>
> Now, since I work on these arches just to help, i.e. I don't have any
> business and I do non have any installation of those arches and the work
> I'm doing is not appreciated at all I decided to stop for now.
> If your dream is to put sparc and ia64 to ~arch, go ahead, I have no
> objections.
> I will take a break also from amd64 and x86...let's see how things will
> change.

Your efforts have not gone unnoticed from my perspective.  You were always the 
one to do the bulk of the work on most arches.

I don't believe that you going on a break will fix anything either.  The bottom 
line is that you cannot do it alone and maintain the state of stable tree that 
is expected by our users and fellow developers.

If you cannot accept that your work alone is not enough then I would ask you 
reevaluate the importance of those minor arches.  The facts are evident and 
they are a hinderance to the overall state of the distribution, in my opinion. 
There is more than just keywording and stabilization at stake here.  Security 
is a major factor as well.

Surely, you will be missed during your break and I hope you find some time to 
recuperate.  Thank you for all the work you have done and surely will do in 
the future.

-Aaron