Re: [opensuse-project] More Support for the openSUSE Project

[Peter Czanik]

Hello,

2009-08-13 18:07 keltezéssel, Michael Loeffler írta:
> Main reason gives the openSUSE statistics page [1] the number for ppc
> installations:
> ppc 0,3%
>  
Two of those are my machines. Not a huge number, but openSUSE was (is)
still the  best distro for PPC, with very kind help from Olaf, not found
at any other large distro.

>> How definite is this decision?
>>    
> We welcome and support anyone who wants to maintain and create the ppc
> distribution for openSUSE but Novell won't maintain and create it anymore for
> openSUSE.
>  
Now, that my second son is also 4+ months old, I have again some time to
do testing, but was disappointed to find, that the last factory sync is
from 22nd of July, more than three weeks old. The communication of this,
or rather the lack of it is really very ugly, I hope, this isn't what we
have to expect from the openSUSE project...
Bye,
CzP

> Best
> M
>  
>> I am deeply disappointed!
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Richard (MQ)
>>    
> [1] http://en.opensuse.org/Statistics
>
>  

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[Larry Stotler]

On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:27 PM, Peter Czanik<pczanik@...> wrote:
> Two of those are my machines. Not a huge number, but openSUSE was (is)
> still the  best distro for PPC, with very kind help from Olaf, not found
> at any other large distro.

I probably have 1 or 2 in that list as well though I haven't used them
much lately..... And I second Olaf's helpfulness.  He's been a
lifesaver for older hardware.

> Now, that my second son is also 4+ months old, I have again some time to
> do testing, but was disappointed to find, that the last factory sync is
> from 22nd of July, more than three weeks old. The communication of this,
> or rather the lack of it is really very ugly, I hope, this isn't what we
> have to expect from the openSUSE project...

I didn't get the original email.  I was pleased when openSUSE
restarted the PPC port and would be disappointed to see it ended since
many other distros are going that route since Apple moved to
Intel......
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[Peter Czanik]

Hello,

2009-08-19 16:44 keltezéssel, Stephan Kulow írta:
> Am Donnerstag 13 August 2009 schrieb Peter Czanik:
>  
>> Now, that my second son is also 4+ months old, I have again some time to
>> do testing, but was disappointed to find, that the last factory sync is
>> from 22nd of July, more than three weeks old. The communication of this,
>>    
> OK, today saw a new factory sync for ppc.
>  
Wow, thanks for the great news! I also added the PPC list to the CC.
Bye,
CzP
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[Peter Czanik]

2009-08-19 16:44 keltezéssel, Stephan Kulow írta:
> Am Donnerstag 13 August 2009 schrieb Peter Czanik:
>  
>> Now, that my second son is also 4+ months old, I have again some time to
>> do testing, but was disappointed to find, that the last factory sync is
>> from 22nd of July, more than three weeks old. The communication of this,
>>    
> OK, today saw a new factory sync for ppc.
>  
I'm trying to install it right now. Installation hang already a couple
of times just in the middle. It's a kind of difficult to debug anything,
as alt+(ctrl)+fX does not work to switch consoles, not even in text
mode. Is it expected behavior or time to write a bugreport? (I don't
have an x86 installer to check it ATM). The Alt key works OK, I use
keyboard shortcuts all the time...
Statistics: my installs won't show up in the download logs, as I use the
Hungarian mirror. My international connection is far from ideal...
Bye,
CzP
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[Peter Czanik]

2009-08-21 14:35 keltezéssel, Peter Czanik írta:

>  
>  
>> OK, today saw a new factory sync for ppc.
>>  
>>    
> I'm trying to install it right now. Installation hang already a couple
> of times just in the middle. It's a kind of difficult to debug anything,
> as alt+(ctrl)+fX does not work to switch consoles, not even in text
> mode. Is it expected behavior or time to write a bugreport? (I don't
> have an x86 installer to check it ATM). The Alt key works OK, I use
> keyboard shortcuts all the time...
>  

OK, once installed from a local mirror instead of powerpc.opensuse.org,
installation finished successfully on my Pegasos PPC machine. Not
counting this console switching problem, the PPC port seems to be all right.
Bye,
CzP
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