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From: Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>
To: gentoo-ppc-dev@l.g.o
Cc: Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>
Subject: [gentoo-ppc-dev] Fwd: PPC profile update proposal
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2004 00:18:35
Message-Id: 36847CCE-B361-11D8-90EC-0003938E7E46@gentoo.org
1 Comments welcome
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3 Begin forwarded message:
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5 > From: Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>
6 > Date: Tue 1 Jun 2004 02:13:37 CEST
7 > To: ppc@g.o
8 > Cc: Pieter Van den Abeele <pvdabeel@g.o>
9 > Subject: PPC profile update proposal
10 >
11 > Hi,
12 >
13 > 2004.0 && 2004.1
14 > ------------------------
15 >
16 > - currently have glibc-2.3.2-r9 and gcc-3.2.3
17 > - I'd like to make gcc-3.3.3_pre2004048-r1 and
18 > glibc-2.3.3_pre20040420-r1 stable (I did tons of tests)
19 > - Using this toolchain, a kde/gnome livecd cd is build and updated GRP
20 > G3 G4 and G5 package-cds are released. (incl a mini and regular
21 > install livecd)
22 >
23 > 2004.2
24 > ---------
25 >
26 > - scheduled to have gcc-3.4, glibc-20040529, binutils-.15-3-r3 or
27 > newer if stable.
28 > - gcc-3.3.3_pre20040408-r1 and glibc-2.3.3_pre20040420-r1 if gcc-3.4
29 > does not stabilize
30 > - Using this toolchain, a kde/gnome cd is build and GRP G3, G4 and G5
31 > package-cds are released. (incl a mini and regular install livecd)
32 >
33 > The criteria I'd like to use for determining whether gcc-3.4 is
34 > useable for release are:
35 >
36 > - The complete GRP set of packages is buildable against 3.4 (we are
37 > currently close, but not 100% there)
38 > - There are no big problems regarding java.
39 >
40 > I'm personally in favor of adding NPTL to the default USE flags, and
41 > masking kernel-headers-2.6.5 stable on ppc. It is possible to leave
42 > nptl support optional. Extensive testing revealed no problems at all.
43 > Yellowdog has had nptl enabled for a while.
44 > Mac-fdisk was recently fixed for 2.6 headers by the LFS guy who helps
45 > out on ppc64 (still needs a bit runtime testing, but everything seems
46 > to work fine).
47 >
48 > Remaining packages that require looking into are: sysklogd and vim
49 > (feel free to test).
50 >
51 > If you have comments, feel free to shoot. I'd like to commit the
52 > profile changes preferably this week, if nobody raises the red flag.
53 >
54 > Best regards,
55 >
56 > Pieter Van den Abeele
57 >