[lubuntu-devel] Lubuntu-devel Digest, Vol 15, Issue 7
jim northrop
james.b.northrop at googlemail.com
Thu Dec 22 13:08:59 UTC 2016
Does this mean my Lubuntu 16.10 install is the final version for my PPC
Apple iMac ?
Does anyone know of another PPC distro i can swap to if this is the case?
thx
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> 1. Fwd: Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture from future Ubuntu
> releases (Simon Quigley)
> 2. Re: Fwd: Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture from future
> Ubuntu releases (Nio Wiklund)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:16:36 -0600
> From: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>
> To: lubuntu-devel <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture
> from future Ubuntu releases
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> I believe this directly affects us.
>
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> Subject: Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture from future Ubuntu releases
> Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:10:20 -0600
> From: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>
> Reply-To: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> To: ubuntu-devel-announce at lists.ubuntu.com
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> Dear developers,
>
> Given the recent announcement that the powerpc architecture would be
> dropped
> =66rom the upcoming Debian release[1], there has been a good deal of
> discussion about the future of this architecture in Ubuntu as well,
> including a session at last month's Ubuntu Online Summit[2] and several
> discussions during Technical Board meetings.
>
> Unlike the ppc64el architecture, there is no longer upstream support for
> the
> 32-bit, big-endian powerpc architecture; so its continuation in Ubuntu
> would
> be dependent on identifying a community of contributors willing to invest
> in
> keeping this port in working order, to carry it forward without it
> negatively impacting Ubuntu development as a whole.
>
> We thank the Linux PowerPC community for their support of Ubuntu over the
> years. However, efforts since UOS to identify participants for such
> community support going forward have led to the inevitable conclusion that
> the powerpc port in Ubuntu has reached the end of its useful lifespan.
>
> The Technical Board has therefore determined that the powerpc port should
> not be included in the Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) release. In support of this,
> powerpc will be dropped as an architecture in zesty as of Feature
> Freeze[3].
>
> The powerpc architecture will continue to be supported as part of existing
> stable releases. Since powerpc is included in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, security
> updates for existing packages can be expected until April 2021. We believe
> this should provide users of Ubuntu powerpc adequate time to plan a
> migration off of this architecture.
>
> On behalf of the Technical Board,
> --=20
> Steve Langasek Give me a lever long enough and a Free OS
> Debian Developer to set it on, and I can move the world.
> Ubuntu Developer http://www.debian.org/
> slangasek at ubuntu.com vorlon at debian.org
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2016/10/msg00008.html
> [2] http://summit.ubuntu.com/uos-1611/meeting/22714/
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> s/
> [3] https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ZestyZapus/ReleaseSchedule
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> Message: 2
> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 06:02:31 +0100
> From: Nio Wiklund <nio.wiklund at gmail.com>
> To: Simon Quigley <tsimonq2 at lubuntu.me>, lubuntu-devel
> <lubuntu-devel at lists.ubuntu.com>
> Subject: Re: [lubuntu-devel] Fwd: Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture
> from future Ubuntu releases
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> Den 2016-12-22 kl. 01:16, skrev Simon Quigley:
> > I believe this directly affects us.
> >
> >
> > -------- Forwarded Message --------
> > Subject: Removing 32-bit powerpc architecture from future Ubuntu releases
> > Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2016 18:10:20 -0600
> > From: Steve Langasek <steve.langasek at ubuntu.com>
> > Reply-To: ubuntu-devel-discuss at lists.ubuntu.com
> > To: ubuntu-devel-announce at lists.ubuntu.com
> >
> >
> >
>
> Hi Simon,
>
> "Given the recent announcement that the powerpc architecture would be
> dropped from the upcoming Debian release, there has been a good deal of
> discussion about the future of this architecture in Ubuntu as well,
> including a session at last month's Ubuntu Online Summit[2] and several
> discussions during Technical Board meetings.
>
> Unlike the ppc64el architecture, there is no longer upstream support for
> the 32-bit, big-endian powerpc architecture; so its continuation in
> Ubuntu would be dependent on identifying a community of contributors
> willing to invest in keeping this port in working order, to carry it
> forward without it negatively impacting Ubuntu development as a whole.
>
> We thank the Linux PowerPC community for their support of Ubuntu over
> the years. However, efforts since UOS to identify participants for such
> community support going forward have led to the inevitable conclusion
> that the powerpc port in Ubuntu has reached the end of its useful lifespan.
>
> The Technical Board has therefore determined that the powerpc port
> should not be included in the Ubuntu 17.04 (zesty) release."
>
> -o-
>
> My comments are
>
> 1. Yes, this is the inevitable conclusion.
>
> 2. I'm glad that i386 alias 32-bit for Intel and AMD PC computers and
> the Lubuntu alternate iso files will still be developed for new versions.
>
> Best regards
> Nio
>
>
>
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