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Hi, |
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On 10 Feb 2004, at 16:26, Brad House wrote: |
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>> - What architectures does genkernel support currently? |
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> I think the PPC people have pretty much refused to commit their |
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> profile to that even though |
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> I've asked on numerous occasions. Everyone seems to defer to someone |
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> else. |
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> It's really really easy guys! This genkernel was designed to be |
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> multi-arch! |
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> Please commit to gentoo/src/genkernel_bradmssw asap! |
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Sorry, but we don't have a profile to commit -yet-. |
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What are our reasons? |
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The ppc 2004.0 sneak preview livecds I uploaded yesterday were built |
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entirely with catalyst, except for the initrd. We used our own initrd |
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because a minimum requirement for a ppc release is stable gcloop |
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decompression. Zisofs |
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does not work on ppc. An updated ppc kde/gnome livecd has been |
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requested upon by the store and our users for a while, I therefore |
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prioritized releasing a 2004.0 <emphasis added>preview</emphasis added> |
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over adding support to a Fisher Price tool, that because of its current |
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simplicity we are unable to use for a release including a new kde/gnome |
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livecd; The addition of gcloop support to genkernel is the |
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responsibility of the genkernel maintainer, not ours. |
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Another reason is your inability to communicate ppc64 livecd plans to |
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me. I expect ppc64 livecds to be exactly the same as a regular ppc |
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livecd. If I'm not mistaken you already announced ppc64 livecds on |
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-dev, since you're also the genkernel developer, I would expect you to |
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be qualified enough to integrate ppc livecd support yourself and allow |
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me to spend more time on other assets important to gentoo. My question |
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about this to this list (2 feb) is still unanswered. I'll repeat it |
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here: |
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"Is there a possibility ppc64 could integrate ppc32 livecd support into |
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catalyst? If I'm not mistaken brad_mssw is closely related to both |
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ppc64, catalyst, genkernel and even amd64 for which already livecds |
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have been created using catalyst. I guess this would speed up |
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development enourmeously." |
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What is scheduled to happen? |
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Genkernel will get its ppc profile before 2004.0/ppc. For an accurate |
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eta, I need to be able to schedule time for it. What could help |
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realizing that is better communication, having an idea about current |
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plans for genkernel/catalyst, and better catalyst livecd documentation |
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(genkernel docs are fantastic). I have asked for these on this list on |
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the 2nd of this month in two separate emails. |
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Best regards, |
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Pieter |
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