Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:55:16 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bris.ac.uk> To: nwhitehorn@freebsd.org, tom@khubla.com Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Subject: Re: official packages for arm? Message-ID: <201407041955.s64JtGD4032932@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <53B6F24A.2070703@freebsd.org>
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>There are no longer any packages for any non-x86 architecture as a >result of the security breach last year. There are basically three >reasons for this: >1. The old package build infrastructure got abandoned. Please give more details on this. I follow quite a few freebsd lists but don't remember seeing an explanation. My feeling was that when linimon@ stepped down as... well whatever official role he had in the portscluster, things stopped. But there is probably more to it. >and if ARM hardware appeared in the cluster, it would be easy to set >that up tomorrow. From the OS development side, native builds are nice I'm happy to contribute a new RPI-B, or make an equivalent monetary contribution, about 25 UK pounds. Anton
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