mono-runtime 2.4 for Lenny PowerPC?

[Tony Nelson]

I'm using Lenny PowerPC on an oldworld beige Mac G3 266 MHz 416 MiB.  I
want to try yWriter 5, a .Net (VB 2008) app that requires Mono 2.4, but
I'm not quite ready to jump to Testing (Squeeze).  I see that Mono 2.4
is backported to Stable (Lenny) for other archs, but not PowerPC.

Is this just an omission, or were there issues with the PowerPC
backport?  If I just need to build it myself (without extra patching) I
suppose I could do it, but I'd have to practice a bit first.

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[Gerfried Fuchs-6]

        Hi there! :)

* Tony Nelson <tonynelson@...> [2009-11-11 20:52:33 CET]:
> I'm using Lenny PowerPC on an oldworld beige Mac G3 266 MHz 416 MiB.  I
> want to try yWriter 5, a .Net (VB 2008) app that requires Mono 2.4, but
> I'm not quite ready to jump to Testing (Squeeze).  I see that Mono 2.4
> is backported to Stable (Lenny) for other archs, but not PowerPC.
>
> Is this just an omission, or were there issues with the PowerPC
> backport?  If I just need to build it myself (without extra patching) I
> suppose I could do it, but I'd have to practice a bit first.

 From the FAQ[1]:

Q: When will the $arch build of $package be available?

A: The packages are only uploaded by the backporter for their own
architecture. The rest of the architectures have to go through the build
network and the logs getting signed by the buildd admins. Those are
often enough also busy with other work (or if time permits real life),
which might also add to a delay in the uploads. You can check the status
on the "Buildd Information Page"[2] of the used buildd network, just
enter your $package and don’t forget to select the lenny-bpo suite from
the dropdown list.

[1] <http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq>
[2] <http://experimental.ftbfs.de/new/>

 According to the Buildd status it seems that there piled up quite a
backlog for powerpc:
<http://experimental.ftbfs.de/new/architecture.php?suite=lenny-bpo&a=powerpc>
Makes it look like the system is down for good. :/

 I can offer you to do a porter upload of the package, am on powerpc
myself, it might take me a few days though, am usually pretty busy with
stuff.

 Thanks for bringing up the issue!
Rhonda

[Tony Nelson]

On 09-11-12 02:11:29, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
> Hi there! :)

Hi yourself.

 

> * Tony Nelson <tonynelson@...> [2009-11-11 20:52:33
> CET]:
> > I'm using Lenny PowerPC on an oldworld beige Mac G3 266 MHz 416
> > MiB.  I want to try yWriter 5, a .Net (VB 2008) app that requires
> > Mono 2.4, but I'm not quite ready to jump to Testing (Squeeze).  I
> > see that Mono 2.4 is backported to Stable (Lenny) for other archs,
> > but not PowerPC.
> >
> > Is this just an omission, or were there issues with the PowerPC
> > backport?  If I just need to build it myself (without extra
> > patching) I suppose I could do it, but I'd have to practice a bit
> > first.
>
>  From the FAQ[1]:
>
> Q: When will the $arch build of $package be available?
>
> A: The packages are only uploaded by the backporter for their own
> architecture. The rest of the architectures have to go through the
> build network and the logs getting signed by the buildd admins. Those
> are often enough also busy with other work (or if time permits real
> life), which might also add to a delay in the uploads. You can check
> the status on the "Buildd Information Page"[2] of the used buildd
> network, just enter your $package and don’t forget to select the
> lenny-bpo suite from the dropdown list.
>
> [1] <http://backports.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=faq>
> [2] <http://experimental.ftbfs.de/new/>
>
>  According to the Buildd status it seems that there piled up quite a
> backlog for powerpc:
> <http://experimental.ftbfs.de/new/architecture.php?suite=lenny-
> bpo&a=powerpc>
> Makes it look like the system is down for good. :/

Hmm.  It does appear to have been down for months, but I see that some
lenny-backports packages have been updated recently, which may have
confused me.

Should I report that the PowerPC builder(s) seems to be down?  Where?


>  I can offer you to do a porter upload of the package, am on powerpc
> myself, it might take me a few days though, am usually pretty busy
> with stuff.

If that would result in it also becoming available to others via lenny-
backports, then yes, please.  Note that a number of other packages
might also need to be built as well.  I could also build it (them)
myself, or perhaps just moving to testing would be appropriate.


>  Thanks for bringing up the issue!

You're welcome.

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[Tony Nelson]

On 09-11-12 20:34:19, Tony Nelson wrote:
> On 09-11-12 02:11:29, Gerfried Fuchs wrote:
 ...
> >  I can offer you to do a porter upload of the package, am on
> > powerpc myself, it might take me a few days though, am usually
> > pretty busy with stuff.
>
> If that would result in it also becoming available to others via
> lenny-backports, then yes, please.  Note that a number of other
> packages might also need to be built as well.  I could also build it
> (them) myself, or perhaps just moving to testing would be
> appropriate.
 ...

I succeeded in building the mono package and installing mono-runtime
and its dependencies.  Unfortunately, I see that ywriter5 also needs
mono-basic, but that package has a build-dep of libsqlite3-0 >= 3.6.13,
while the lenny version is 3.5.9-6, and I'm nervous about upgrading
widely used libraries.  Perhaps too much upgrading is needed for this
to be a reasonable project.

In any case, I no longer need mono-runtime, but I thank you for your
offer.

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