Ubuntu sparc and ia64 ports

Scott Kitterman ubuntu at kitterman.com
Wed Aug 11 21:12:00 BST 2010


On Wednesday, August 11, 2010 03:56:59 pm Leann Ogasawara wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Earlier in the Maverick release cycle the Tech Board had posted an
> announcement [1] that we'd decommission support for the Ubuntu sparc and
> ia64 ports at Feature Freeze (ie Thurs Aug 12) if no interested parties
> stepped forward to take over maintenance.  It's my understanding no one
> has stepped forward to take ownership.  As such, I'm sending this
> announcement to give notice that we'll be stripping support for these
> archs from our Ubuntu kernel for Maverick.
> 
> Thanks,
> Leann Ogasawara
> 
> [1]
> https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2010-June/000722.h
> tml

The final decision on this is on the agenda for the next tech board meeting.  I 
think you are getting a little ahead of yourself.

Scott K



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