From owner-freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org Sun Dec 9 01:22:52 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ppc@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0487413306C4 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 01:22:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.sharoh@donders.ru.nl) Received: from smtpout4.ru.nl (smtpout4.ru.nl [131.174.59.197]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E60517183C for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 01:22:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from d.sharoh@donders.ru.nl) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtpout4.ru.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id A391F3C00F4 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 02:22:42 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at uci.ru.nl Received: from smtp-auth.ru.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (aum.ru.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10025) with LMTP id B5VrUun0yQ8U for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 02:22:42 +0100 (CET) Received: from mail-it1-f176.google.com (mail-it1-f176.google.com [209.85.166.176]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-auth.ru.nl (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B86A3C00F1 for ; Sun, 9 Dec 2018 02:22:42 +0100 (CET) Received: by mail-it1-f176.google.com with SMTP id b5so12789539iti.2 for ; Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:22:42 -0800 (PST) X-Gm-Message-State: AA+aEWbFOyViHhZ8w6zhLtAkyoSh7iq4HTW4CZzww3jIlKBo0c8xczVK 4HMTNMusWOky8YYXh5esM5Dr5uigorD1lUmH/vM= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AFSGD/WDnC1iPhZgrVUqq12Jwwp4qB0eSz8h1ZtUvuPBOD5V/RWUJ1gVXAL6VY4j16kEM7P79K7WQawnkrt0dk0o6EI= X-Received: by 2002:a24:a0cb:: with SMTP id o194mr6325520ite.115.1544318561198; Sat, 08 Dec 2018 17:22:41 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 From: Daniel Sharoh Date: Sun, 9 Dec 2018 02:22:25 +0100 X-Gmail-Original-Message-ID: Message-ID: Subject: Changes in porting based on new freeBSD support model? To: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E60517183C X-Spamd-Result: default: False [2.19 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; RCVD_COUNT_FIVE(0.00)[5]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-0.51)[-0.508,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[multipart/alternative,text/plain]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org]; AUTH_NA(1.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; NEURAL_SPAM_MEDIUM(0.41)[0.414,0]; DMARC_NA(0.00)[ru.nl]; NEURAL_SPAM_SHORT(0.64)[0.639,0]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED(-0.20)[197.59.174.131.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.11.2]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[mx-1.mf.surf.net,mx-a.mf.surf.net,mx-1.mf.surf.net,mx-a.mf.surf.net,mx-1.mf.surf.net,mx-a.mf.surf.net]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_NA(0.00)[]; SUBJECT_ENDS_QUESTION(1.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:1103, ipnet:131.174.0.0/16, country:NL]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; IP_SCORE(-0.05)[asn: 1103(-0.25), country: NL(0.01)] X-Rspamd-Server: mx1.freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.29 X-BeenThere: freebsd-ppc@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the PowerPC List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 09 Dec 2018 01:22:52 -0000 Hello, Sorry if this is question is not supposed to go here. I've been using the freeBSD PPC port as a desktop since 10.3, which is now EoL. I see freeBSD follows a new support model, but given the tier 2 status of the PPC port, it is unclear to me how closely work for PPC tracks fully supported architectures. Is there conventional wisdom about when upgrading PPC freeBSD is sensible? It took a good deal of effort to build a working system on this old iMac G5, and I'm not sure attempting an upgrade is worth it if the main development target is the newer POWER systems. Thanks! -- Daniel Sharoh Donders Centre for Cognitive Neuroimaging +31(0)24 36 14305