On Thu, Oct 27, 2011 at 3:44 AM, Richard (MQ) <osl2008@googlemail.com> wrote:
If / when the AmigaOne X1000 arrives there will certainly be a new PPC platform, but whether we can persuade the community to re-start the PPC version of openSuSE Linux is another matter entirely. FWIW, the argument for dropping it a few years back was that the usage had dwindled to insignificant numbers (ISTR around 20 downloads / month) - I couldn't really argue with that.
Actually, a lot of PPC work is done because of SLEx. If POWER is still supported in SLEx 12, then it shouldn't be a big issue to actually restart the PPC port. The bigger problem is getting it to work on the vast types of machines: Apple, RS/6000, PRep, CHRP, etc. It's almost as bad as the ARM ports because of the differences in machine types.
My expectation is that there won't be another official PPC version at all, though maybe we'll have enough momentum for an unofficial one - in which case retention of this list will be vindicated. It all depends on whether the machine is ever launched - time will tell.
We still have powerpc.opensuse.org, but I haven't been able to do any testing. I've had to deal with a lot of personal issues over the last year or two, and that's kept me from doing more. However, I'm hoping that is finally ending soon.
Meantime a merged list seems to me to be the wrong way to go: keep lists that are active or might reasonably be expected to become so and kill the others, effectively merging into -project and -factory.
Is it really that big of a deal to leave it be and see what happens? Not really sure why it's so necessary to consider something dead when it may rise up again unexpectedly. Fedora has found renewed interest, and Debian still supports PPC, so a lot of testing has been done elsewhere that could probably be used here. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-ppc+owner@opensuse.org