Bob Tracy wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 29, 2009 at 04:50:29PM +0100, Uwe Schindler wrote:
>
>> But unstable should still work? Or is it even broken therefore? :/
>>
>
> "Unstable" still works: thanks for the reminder.
Unstable may still be there for alpha, but I don't think any new binary
packages have been built since the start of the week.
> However, Alpha users
> will, of necessity, have to get a bit more involved in troubleshooting
> and/or fixing problems.
>
Yes, that's why I have recently tried to get a bit more involved in
sorting out the X Window problems, and now am working on some kernel
issues. But I really don't have the time to become a Debian Alpha
porter which is what I think is really needed if we are to score another
official Alpha release.
> I guess the remaining question is, at what point do the porters quit
> producing Alpha binary packages?
At the moment it appears Alpha binary packages are not being built.
> Building from source is always an
> option, and I've had to do a fair amount of that recently to get X11
> working.
>
Yes. In working on the kernel performance tools I discovered I needed
the binutils-dev package and had to build it from source, including some
of its dependencies. A 2 hour job for what use to take 2 mins...
Cheers
Michael.
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