tags 342704 moreinfo thanks On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 01:48:00PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > Hi ftpmasters, > > the ocaml native compilers on hppa don't build anymore, and upstream > said: > "This is due to architectural limitations of HPPA. Too hard to fix > without control of the linker, > and the HPPA port is essentially dead as far as we are concerned." > > Therefore, I request removal of the ocaml-native-compilers package on > hppa, which is not built from source as of ocaml 3.09.0-4.
Two questions: - Did you try the debian-hppa list whether there are hppa porters willing to work on this? When dealing with arch-specific issues, they should at least be informed so that they can make a choice between dropping support in this way for ocaml, or fixing the support where the package maintainers and upstream are unable and/or unwilling to do so. - What to do with packages like slat and confluence, that seem to fail to build for hppa with this package removed? I think they should be transitioned to alternatives, or otherwise also for those packages, the hppa support should be dropped. This should happen at the same time in any case, I do not intend to whack-a-mole multiple times in the future for reverse-(build)-dependendencies of this package. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
