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From: "Anthony G. Basile" <blueness@g.o>
To: gentoo-dev@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Restructuring the ppc/ppc64 profiles to be better multilib
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 10:25:55
Message-Id: 53D8C885.8040804@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-dev] Restructuring the ppc/ppc64 profiles to be better multilib by Jack Morgan
1 On 07/30/14 00:34, Jack Morgan wrote:
2 > On Sat, Jun 28, 2014 at 02:46:43PM -0400, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
3 >> Hi everyone,
4 >>
5 >> This is a ppc/ppc64 issues, but I'm sending this to gentoo-dev@ because
6 >> it seems to me that those herds are pretty scattered right:
7 >>
8 >> 1) The issue came up about restructuring the arch/powerpc profiles.
9 >> There we have some ancient stuff like ppc64/32ul. I don't know why
10 >> that's needed and it doesn't make much sense wrt the new direction
11 >> multilib is going. I'd like to clean up those profiles. Any objections
12 >> to removing ppc64/32ul, coalescing ppc64/64ul into just ppc64 and making
13 >> whatever other tweaks are needed?
14 >>
15 >> 2) Can we try to get the ppc/ppc64 herds communicating more. I don't
16 >> believe every team needs a lead but at least have a point of reference
17 >> so we can communicate.
18 >
19 > What is the status of this? I've been away for a few months but am back
20 > now. Do you need help with this?
21 >
22 >
23 > Thanks,
24
25 I did not proceed because there was no response from any ppc/ppc64 members.
26
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28 Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D.
29 Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened]
30 E-Mail : blueness@g.o
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