user release.debian....@packages.debian.org usertag 592768 squeeze-can-defer tag 592768 squeeze-ignore kthxbye
On Fri, Jan 14, 2011 at 07:55:40 -0400, David Bremner wrote: > > Hi; > > It seems like the install problems for clisp might only be happening on > powerpc64. There are several reports of installation success on powerpc, > and I verified myself on qemu-system-powerpc. > > Debian does not have any powerpc64 porterbox, so this is difficult for me > to test. > > I'm not sure what this means from the point of view of Squeeze > release. It does seem a bit odd to pull clisp from the release based on > bugs which we cannot duplicate on Debian machines. On the other hand, > officially there is no separate "powerpc64" architecture, and having > only 32 bit supported is hardly desirable. > > Of course, if someone can duplicate the bug running a 32-bit kernel that > changes things. I still think we probably need a powerpc64 porterbox if > powerpc is going to continue as a release architecture post squeeze. > Deferring for squeeze. We can include a fix in a point release. Cheers, Julien
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