On Mon, May 14, 2012 at 09:18:42PM +0000, Thorsten Glaser wrote: >Adam D. Barratt dixit: > >>There isn't an m68k port in Debian though. Obviously ftp-master may >>disagree, but I don't see the point in keeping m68k-specific packages in >>the archive in case it somehow manages to get back in at some future >>point. It could always be reintroduced in such a case anyway. > >The thing is, from how I understand the emile package in the archive, >it can be used to prepare m68k boot media on non-m68k machines.
Sorry, but we don't care. m68k has now missed 3 Debian releases running. That's over 6 years! We should not continue pandering to the insane idea that m68k is ever going to release with Debian again. This package has been RC-buggy since approximately forever and should just be dropped from the archive. Providing convenience for the vanishingly-small number of remaining m68k users is not a good enough excuse. -- Steve McIntyre, Cambridge, UK. st...@einval.com "...In the UNIX world, people tend to interpret `non-technical user' as meaning someone who's only ever written one device driver." -- Daniel Pead -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
