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Date:      Wed, 30 Jan 2002 09:13:13 -0800
From:      "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG>
To:        Terry Lambert <tlambert2@mindspring.com>, Ruslan Ermilov <ru@FreeBSD.ORG>, current@FreeBSD.ORG, alpha@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Latest binutils import breaks Alpha cross compiles
Message-ID:  <20020130091313.C69440@dragon.nuxi.com>
In-Reply-To: <20020130162039.D14D63A9A@overcee.wemm.org>; from peter@wemm.org on Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:20:39AM -0800
References:  <3C576050.560CB337@mindspring.com> <20020130162039.D14D63A9A@overcee.wemm.org>

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On Wed, Jan 30, 2002 at 08:20:39AM -0800, Peter Wemm wrote:
> That's easy to say when signing up somebody else to do the work.
> 
> Seriously though, in spite of pretending otherwise, i386 *is* our reference
> platform, and the "other" platforms require people with the hardware and
> interest to keep it "alive".
...
> If there isn't enough critical mass to keep it going, then it is dead
> by definition.

This is my current feeling -- that Alpha 5-CURRENT no long has any
critical mass.  Thus it isn't worth the time or trouble.

My interests have moved over to sparc64 and x86-64 where I believe there
will be a much larger following.  It is shame after I've spent several
thousand $$ on Alpha hardware over the past three years.

-- 
-- David  (obrien@FreeBSD.org)

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