Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2007 05:48:11 -0600 From: linimon@lonesome.com (Mark Linimon) To: Christian Baer <christian.baer@uni-dortmund.de> Cc: freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Doesn't anything work around here? Message-ID: <20071104114811.GA19506@soaustin.net> In-Reply-To: <fgk8ug$185e$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> References: <ffg2gk$1n1r$1@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net> <200711011822.25884.linimon@lonesome.com> <fgk8ug$185e$3@nermal.rz1.convenimus.net>
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On Sun, Nov 04, 2007 at 12:03:44PM +0100, Christian Baer wrote: > Where are these marks? I don't really expect them to jump right in my face > when I try to compile a port BROKEN=string. They'll prevent you from building the port, by default. (You can override it). > So there should have been some input there. Again, it all depends on feedback from our users. > > I personally think it's still worth putting work into sparc ports, > > if for nothing else the potential for a solid, working, FreeBSD/sun4v > ^^^^^ > Someone is working on FreeBSD/sparc32? No, sun4v is the T1000/T2000 series. > I'm just wondering how two really common apps that have been broken for > quite a while now could just slip through the grid. It's just that there is small community of people using sparc64, and an even smaller community of people user sparc64 as a desktop. FreeBSD is the sum of what its volunteers make of it. mcl
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