From owner-freebsd-arm@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 4 19:55:51 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8F7A17AB for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2014 19:55:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from eu1sys200aog129.obsmtp.com (eu1sys200aog129.obsmtp.com [207.126.144.200]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E2F4A2C31 for ; Fri, 4 Jul 2014 19:55:50 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-wi0-f182.google.com ([209.85.212.182]) (using TLSv1) by eu1sys200aob129.postini.com ([207.126.147.11]) with SMTP ID DSNKU7cGpvoipMUq42FesvX/cx4c5FABNLC8@postini.com; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 19:55:51 UTC Received: by mail-wi0-f182.google.com with SMTP id bs8so4212694wib.15 for ; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:55:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20130820; h=x-gm-message-state:date:from:message-id:to:subject:cc:reply-to :in-reply-to; bh=44sp1al/ktiPZac0831g8NFJdx/7f4Jp/y55673aR88=; b=JnOwesNlQUgdD1YDfgV6w9u+B+T09/9ir4/dopIojawH8Pk0fAdMuembjIzLH+Oviz /MyIECnpUcRGWso8x8bsMrAIL+R3HdR3/BWaCdL40Pb2z7taY9N8Z8RhREFCKhsi2mGB T3Tt6QcLtpIzHY3v8GxNZDEIxOGb8jpdVfjMUGmX1bFCibus7qGBKG3Hd2RPIt8dj6Tg /SxAJ59u9Tf4rBq/iUkLZy/MlSnT9EodjD/z6p1p7E6Z5b6SOmN95gFi7aVnpNqP4u5i rHzOll0Pb9rPiFvsmn13+onJZfx6g6EIsObK+LGgQx/24XnMOi1mT1A5IySIlAVPWMe0 0f5g== X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQkUtQ9tPi3vZW4c/T1NWjJMivaptJxYyR2kLm7mHQ+Y4pDCflDro/7NPuSW+4XNGcgKX0bX+j4DWWQLWIht6fcDhTCnV69gAskOG7LN/BAhypLNExaTjLst4sSNw25tJx+wRzYk X-Received: by 10.180.205.138 with SMTP id lg10mr19528255wic.49.1404503718559; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:55:18 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.180.205.138 with SMTP id lg10mr19528244wic.49.1404503718289; Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:55:18 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk. [137.222.187.241]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id u10sm82661689wix.11.2014.07.04.12.55.17 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Fri, 04 Jul 2014 12:55:17 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.8/8.14.8) with ESMTP id s64JtGNU032933 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:55:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk) Received: (from mexas@localhost) by mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk (8.14.8/8.14.8/Submit) id s64JtGD4032932; Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:55:16 +0100 (BST) (envelope-from mexas) Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2014 20:55:16 +0100 (BST) From: Anton Shterenlikht Message-Id: <201407041955.s64JtGD4032932@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> To: nwhitehorn@freebsd.org, tom@khubla.com Subject: Re: official packages for arm? Reply-To: mexas@bris.ac.uk In-Reply-To: <53B6F24A.2070703@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-arm@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: "Porting FreeBSD to ARM processors." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Jul 2014 19:55:51 -0000 >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