powerpc arch is in a sad state

[Morten Kjeldgaard]

The powerpc platform is not officially supported in the archives, but  
it exists as a port and is without a doubt useful for many users.

However, the platform is in a sad state for karmic, almost all builds  
I have submitted as of late have failed, and the FTBFS list is a mile  
long.  It is my firm impression that the powerpc port has deteriorated  
during the last releases.  I do not myself have a powerpc machine to  
do testbuilding, and so debugging becomes a very slow and tedious  
affair. Perhaps someone with access to powerpc platform could be  
persuaded to do something about it?

With so many packages to fix, it is important to start at the bottom  
nodes of the dependency graph. A web based tool to visualize the  
ancestors (and children) of a particular package, along with their  
build status would be extremely useful. Perhaps we could have a  
project to create such a tool?

Any thoughts on this?

Cheers,
Morten

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Morten Kjeldgaard <mok0 at ubuntu.com>
Ubuntu MOTU Developer
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