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Subject: Re: Doesn't anything work around here?
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Mark Linimon wrote, on 11/1/2007 3:22 PM:
> The latest sparc64-7 run is continuing.  With the limited number of
> sparc64 machines we have, the elapsed time for even _incremental_
> builds is on the order of 3-5 weeks, depending on what's changed in
> the meantime.  Once that gets done, I'll probably do another pass.

I've started a couple of threads in the past about offering to chip in
for hardware to support builds, and especially sparc64 freebsd-update.

To move forward on that, what is the 'best bang for the buck' hardware
that the project could use?

Royce

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