Purpose
The purpose of this page is to demonstrate that sparc meets the architecture recertification criteria for lenny.
Availability
The architecture is publicly available without NDAs via:
Developer machines
The following machines are available to developers:
spontini.debian.org - buildd - info - alive
lebrun.debian.org - buildd - info - alive
sperger.debian.org - general developer-access machine - info - alive
auric.debian.org - used to be ftp-master.d.o - info - dead, unknown status (cf. BenC)
vore.debian.org - used to be general access machine - info - dead, unkown status (cf. BenC)
Port maintainers
The Debian port is maintained by the following developers, who actively work on architecture specific issues:
- Bernd Zeimetz (Debian Developer)
- Martin Zobel-Helas (Debian Developer)
- Emanuele Rocca (Debian Developer)
ClintAdams (Debian Developer)
JulienCristau (Debian Developer)
- Jurij Smakov (Debian Developer)
Users
The port is being actively used at the following sites:
- foo: xx machines, yy users, personal workstations
- bar: 1 machine, yyy users, development server
- ...
Popcon indicates 291 users of the architecture as of 2008/07/13.
Installer
The installer is being maintained by the d-i team and it's currently working effectively. Successful installation reports are available at:
Upstream support
Upstream support is provided by:
- glibc: Jakub Jelinek, Dave Miller
- gcc/g++: Richard Henderson, Dave Miller, Jakub Jelinek, Eric Botcazou
kernel: sparclinux@vger.kernel.org
- boot loader: Ben Collins
- ...
Archive coverage and Autobuilder support
The port is currently at 98% up to date according to the buildd stats (95% cut off)
The port has currently built 94% of the archive according to the buildd stats (90% cut off)
The buildds used to be gravely affected by kernel bug #433187 but Dave Miller fixed it. lebrun is all right, spontini can't build unstable (has to be upgraded).
Archive cleanliness
The port builds from unmodified Debian source.
Autobuilders
The following machines run buildds for the port:
- spontini.debian.org -
- connectivity via ubc.ca,
buildd logs checked by MartinZobelHelas,
adminned by LucaFilipozzi
- builds: security, testing-security, testing, stable, oldstable, unstable
- lebrun.debian.org
- connectivity via carnet.hr
buildd logs checked by MartinZobelHelas
- adminned by Joy
- builds: unstable
Vetoes
The security team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The Debian admin team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The stable release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None
The release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:
- None