On Thu, 2021-10-14 at 15:40 +0200, Marek Szuba wrote: > Dear everyone, > > Following some private discussions, I feel quite strongly now that it > would both considerably improve certain processes and make our use of > limited manpower more efficient were we to further reduce the number of > stable arches in Gentoo Linux. Specifically, I propose to drop > - hppa, > - ppc, > - sparc, > - x86 > to ~arch-only status. >
I don't have a strong opinion either way. On one hand, I fully realize that these platforms are a hassle (hppa and x86 especially). On the other hand, I wouldn't want to basically go tell Dakon "sorry, you're doing a good job but we've arbitrarily decided it's not worth your effort". While we're discussing it, maybe we should start by defining a clear criteria for platform support tiers? Like: what are the requirements for a platform to maintain stable keywords? Then the decisions could look less arbitrary, and people would have a clear way of knowing what they need to do if they wish the platform to continue having stable keywords. -- Best regards, Michał Górny
