From owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Aug 1 00:48:41 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E96A11065672 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:48:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from floort@gmail.com) Received: from ik-out-1112.google.com (ik-out-1112.google.com [66.249.90.178]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ACB28FC0A for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2008 00:48:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from floort@gmail.com) Received: by ik-out-1112.google.com with SMTP id c30so1288815ika.3 for ; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:48:40 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:to:cc:subject :in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent:mime-version :content-type:from; bh=OzjxTRRvAdPCh8NZ0d3TpDDqcdI2FTBZqLRi/uDqg+0=; b=BUmVVPeDimOLytQp6GN5Hqz/C+UoYgeOa4AfrIr7QAr4+aTwvIXgI/0gJnL02Ms46l FXx+pkaICXB2vM7KzJ9j3QtDAJOpgNA8aFappfM+DvABEhXVtO5uj3TeKLo83Hr843tL E5U3DLndIer5PQ/axEK2CaEmMelA0qEQQTO3w= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:to:cc:subject:in-reply-to:message-id:references:user-agent :mime-version:content-type:from; b=Ea8jbgdSfQznmYuTSCFLWrNwhnUqss1jhqOgxyWUwC7QrWJl7f+HsZMmAGiY0UADrj UJzzSdmqYfMGywxWgz9GOzIJSIBhhKWmCsfbud8KQSdizh3+oqdRyux3Aq4Lg7tq4ShI Vr97PlN3sZiozM4grxaegMAKcLQ4zsxh19BYI= Received: by 10.210.47.1 with SMTP id u1mr11702172ebu.133.1217550083419; Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:21:23 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.1.100? ( [62.194.227.193]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g17sm550720nfd.3.2008.07.31.17.21.22 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:21:22 -0700 (PDT) Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 02:21:21 +0200 (CEST) To: Anton Shterenlikht In-Reply-To: <20080731221015.GA35293@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> Message-ID: References: <20080731221015.GA35293@mech-cluster238.men.bris.ac.uk> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (BSO 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed From: Floor Terra Cc: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Subject: Re: future for FBSD on alpha X-BeenThere: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting FreeBSD to the Alpha List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 01 Aug 2008 00:48:42 -0000 On Thu, 31 Jul 2008, Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > I wonder how many people run FBSD on alpha. > According to bsdstats.org very few - less than 5 boxes. > There must be more. > I run FreeBSD on an Alpha. But because of the power requirements of keeping the machine running, its rarely powered on. So you can count me as an inactive user. It would be a shame to see an architecture dropped from support though.... > Is there a way to find out how many people are on this list? > Is it a good indicator? > > I, for one, am very keen to have some level of support > for FBSD on alpha, even at 6-stable branch. However, > if the actual usage is indeed very small, it must be expected > that ports maintainers will stop supporting alpha soon. > > I'm trying to find out if there are people on this list, who, > like myself, are keen to see FBSD supported on alpha > for say 1-3 more years. If yes, we might be able to lobby > ports maintainers not to drop support for alpha ports. > > I'm thinking at the moment about gcc42, firefox3, lapack, lapack95, > blas. > > many thanks > anton > > -- > Anton Shterenlikht > Room 2.6, Queen's Building > Mech Eng Dept > Bristol University > University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK > Tel: +44 (0)117 928 8233 > Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423 > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-alpha > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-alpha-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > -- Floor Terra www: http://brobding.mine.nu/ Netiquette Guidelines: http://www.apps.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.html