Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2018 19:10:52 -0700 From: Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com> To: Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org> Cc: Alex McKeever <alex.mckeever@sbcglobal.net>, Chris Rees <crees@physics.org>, FreeBSD <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Common Desktop Environment broken when compiling from ports tree on FreeBSD 12 RC3 (May also apply to the final build) Message-ID: <CANCZdfrs=Q7mJbLWoY7sEamzLV0%2BUA7UvjVZ=ytUo72qcfO9Bg@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAOtMX2ha94ugmbL3N8KxMoxf-nFOo3YaByBWyjoboSLfrETKOA@mail.gmail.com> References: <8A726C0B-CF1F-4580-A76D-7D75CAB1CA49@sbcglobal.net> <CAOtMX2ha94ugmbL3N8KxMoxf-nFOo3YaByBWyjoboSLfrETKOA@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sun, Dec 16, 2018, 6:33 PM Alan Somers <asomers@freebsd.org wrote: > CC the package maintainer. > > As for powerpc on tier 1, I'm afraid that it's not likely to ever > happen. Powerpc is dying. If anybody were buying new ppc hardware, > then it would be a different story. But I predict that powerpc is > likely to be dropped than to go Tier 1. Sorry. > Power8 is changing that. More $$$ going into making that work well. Maybe not to Tier 1, but not dying. Warner -Alan > > On Sun, Dec 16, 2018 at 5:42 PM Alex McKeever > <alex.mckeever@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > > > > I ran into problems compiling the CDE in FreeBSD 12.0 RC3 (PowerPC) on > my eMac. It says it is broken and cannot be compiled. Also, any ETA on wh= en > this port of the OS will go into Tier 1? Compiling software, desktop > environments, X11, using 11.1 and the now unsupported 10.4 failed when I > tried those a while back (and personally I have been partial to Linux and > how easily I can just get software via APT or Zypper... I would be runnin= g > Debian Sid if they didn=E2=80=99t drop support for the eMac in terms of m= y internal > display not working after Jessie) > > > > Sent from my iPad > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.or= g > " > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >
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