On 20 May 2016 at 19:51, Philipp Kern <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2016-05-11 13:17, Dimitri John Ledkov wrote: >> >> Would there be enough interest for s390x BoF session and/or mini-track >> with talks at Debconf 2016? >> >> I would like to present some of the work that was done on Ubuntu s390x >> port and discuss things we could improve in the Debian s390x port. > > > Finally booked my travel to South Africa, so I'll be there. I'm happy to > talk with whoever is interested in s390x. However, I'd like to suggest if > Ubuntu could contribute the work done in Ubuntu back to Debian. There is not > a lot of manpower behind the port (which might be an overstatement), so any > contribution would be welcome[*]. > > I think there is few stuff that's genuinely unique to Ubuntu and I, myself, > cannot keep track of all the changes you did to s390x because of the your > relationship with IBM. On the other hand I am very happy with IBM themselves > chiming in on improving debian-installer. That's just immensely appreciated. >
I have registered a BoF session about s390x and a talk "ubuntu on z" to discuss things that we have done in Ubuntu, whether it's suitable for debian, and if yes which bits we should re-integrate. Some things are ubuntu specific, but majority of stuff is portable - or can be rewritten to be done more elegantly and more generically. It would be great to have a sit down and go through the whole lot. Regards, Dimitri. > Kind regards and thanks > Philipp Kern > > [*] The only thing that does not go down well is a single untested on Debian > patch that increases the maintenance burden. -- Regards, Dimitri.
