From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 10 03:14:30 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 17C6316A4CE for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:14:30 -0800 (PST) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (fw.farid-hajji.net [213.146.115.42]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E3C6943D28 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 03:14:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Received: from fw.farid-hajji.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by fw.farid-hajji.net (8.12.10/8.12.10) with ESMTP id hBABDdo7066348; Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:13:42 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from cpghost@cordula.ws) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 12:13:39 +0100 (CET) Message-Id: <200312101113.hBABDdo7066348@fw.farid-hajji.net> From: "Cordula's Web" To: hemi@puresimplicity.net In-reply-to: <20031210054413.GA58841@just.puresimplicity.net> (message from Josh Tolbert on Tue, 9 Dec 2003 23:44:14 -0600) X-Mailer: Emacs-21.3.1/FreeBSD-4.9-STABLE References: <200312092243.02269.eqe@cox.net> <20031210054413.GA58841@just.puresimplicity.net> cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org cc: eqe@cox.net Subject: Re: why support alpha?? X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: cpghost@cordula.ws List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 11:14:30 -0000 > > Isn't alpha dead? Why bother supporting them in 5.2 it seems like wasted > > energy. Yes people still use it but for them there is 4.9 which works > > fine. You could better serve the freebsd community by focusing on the > No, there's not a lot of future left for the architecture. The writing is on > the wall, but some would say the same thing for sun4u. However, there's still > lots of Alpha users running FreeBSD (as evidenced by this list) and the > continuing Alpha development for FreeBSD. Supporting as many architectures as possible is always good for overall code portability, and therefore code quality. -- Cordula's Web. http://www.cordula.ws/