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 * The port is currently above 97% up to date according to [http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph2-week.png the buildd stats] (95% cut off)
 * The port has currently built over 95% of the archive according to [http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-week.png the buildd stats] (90% cut off)

Purpose

The purpose of this page is to demonstrate that hppa meets the [http://release.debian.org/etch_arch_criteria.html architecture recertification criteria for etch].

Availability

The architecture is publicly available without NDAs via:

  1. [http://www.hp.com/workstations/risc/index.html workstations] and

  2. [http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/HP9000_family_overview.html servers]

Contact your HP account rep today!

Developer machines

The following machines are available to developers:

  1. paer.debian.org - maintained by XXX, connectivity via XXX.

Port maintainers

The Debian port is maintained by the following developers, who are familiar with arch-specific issues for this port

  1. LaMont Jones

  2. Matthew Wilcox
  3. Randolph Chung
  4. Kyle ?McMartin

  5. Jeff Bailey
  6. Thibaut Varene

Users

The port is being actively used at the following sites:

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  1. HP's Linux lab uses at least one production lab machine with >40 users

  2. foo: xx machines, yy users, personal workstations
  3. bar: 1 machine, yyy users, development server
  4. ...

Popcon indicates 44 users of the architecture as at 2005-10-08.

Installer

The installer is being maintained by ??? and it's currently working effectively. Successful installation reports are available at: ???

Upstream support

Upstream support is provided by:

  • glibc: Actively hindered by glibc upstreeam, Carlos O'Donell is your man for glibc issues
  • gcc: John David Anglin. Randolph Chung also very capable.
  • g++: John David Anglin. Randolph Chung also very capable.
  • kernel: Matthew Wilcox, Grant Grundler, Kyle ?McMartin, Thibaut Varene, others

  • boot loader: Paul Bame
  • ...

Archive coverage and Autobuilder support

  • There is more than enough hardware floating around to bring in additional build daemons as necessary. The current buildd is able to cope just fine though, and isn't even using both cpus!
  • Both etch and sarge are >98% built

  • The port is currently above 97% up to date according to [http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph2-week.png the buildd stats] (95% cut off)

  • The port has currently built over 95% of the archive according to [http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-week.png the buildd stats] (90% cut off)

Archive cleanliness

The port builds from unmodified Debian source.

Autobuilders

The following machines run buildds for the port:

  • foo.debian.org - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by ..., adminned by ...

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 release team have noted the following problems in supporting the architecture:

  • None