On 05-08-2013 15:55, Roger Whittaker wrote:
On Mon, Aug 05, 2013 at 03:11:46PM +0100, Andrew Wafaa wrote:
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The main reason is that both physical and human resources are limited. ARMv6 is used almost solely by the Pi, ARMv5 has numerous devices, but both are old. ARMv7 is the current architecture and with a new port it made sense to look at current and next release of the architecture. So this means ARMv7 and ARMv8.
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This is understood, but I think maybe from a marketing / mind-share point of view we have missed a trick here.
Many Raspberry Pi owners are actually new to Linux, and I think it's a pity that openSUSE is not put in front of them as one of the alternatives.
I completely understand people's complaints of this decision and it is a valid concern. Problem is we only have a limited pool of resource, openSUSE operates a roll your sleeve up methodology - if you want it bad enough, roll your sleeves up and just do it. There is work already started in supporting the Raspberry Pi, and I'm 100% sure that those involved would be more than happy for all the help they get, and would be willing to help those trying to move the effort forward. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-arm+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-arm+owner@opensuse.org