Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 00:26:26 +0000 (UTC) From: Gabor Pali <pgj@FreeBSD.org> To: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: svn commit: r42887 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status Message-ID: <201310080026.r980QQIT001155@svn.freebsd.org>
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Author: pgj Date: Tue Oct 8 00:26:26 2013 New Revision: 42887 URL: http://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/42887 Log: - Add Q3 report for the sparc64 port Submitted by: marius Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml ============================================================================== --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Mon Oct 7 23:21:03 2013 (r42886) +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/htdocs/news/status/report-2013-07-2013-09.xml Tue Oct 8 00:26:26 2013 (r42887) @@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ <!-- XXX: keep updating the number of entries --> <p>Thanks to all the reporters for the excellent work! This report - contains 25 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> + contains 26 entries and we hope you enjoy reading it.</p> <!-- XXX: set date for the next set of submissions --> <p>The deadline for submissions covering between October and @@ -1317,4 +1317,40 @@ <tt>mdoc(7)</tt> would be an excellent addition.</task> </help> </project> + + <project cat='arch'> + <title>&os;/sparc64</title> + + <contact> + <person> + <name> + <given>Marius</given> + <common>Strobl</common> + </name> + <email>marius@FreeBSD.org</email> + </person> + </contact> + + <body> + <p>There are some things going on with &os;/sparc64 port behind + the scenes.</p> + + <p>For one, after having fixed all remaining problems and starting + with 9.2-RELEASE, release bits for this architecture are + cross-built on the &os; Project cluster. As one might already + have noticed, this means that from now on, sparc64 install sets + and images including those for ALPHA, BETA, and RC builds, are + already available along with those for the other platforms + supported by &os;. It also means that since August 2013, + automatically cross-built monthly &os;/sparc64 snapshots are + distributed via the official project mirrors. Hopefully, this + can be soon extended further with <tt>freebsd-update(8)</tt> + support for sparc64.</p> + + <p>Second, the X.Org ports have been fixed to work on sparc64 when + built with <tt>WITH_NEW_XORG</tt> knob. However, it still needs + to be evaluated whether the recently committed update to Mesa + 9.1.6 has introduced any breakage.</p> + </body> + </project> </report>
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