= Purpose =

The purpose of this page is to demonstrate that '''ia64''' meets the [[http://release.debian.org/lenny_arch_policy.html|architecture recertification criteria for lenny]].

If some of these requirements are irrelevant or implausible for the port, please add a waiver request indicating why and how this isn't a problem for the arch in '''bold'''.

= Availability =

The architecture is publicly available without NDAs via:

 1. [[http://www.hp.com/products1/servers/integrity/index.html|HP]]
 2. [[http://www.sgi.com/products/servers/|SGI]]
 3. [[http://www.necsam.com/servers/products/series.cfm?series=4|NEC]]
 4. [[http://www.supermicro.com/products/motherboard/Itanium/|SuperMicro]]
 5. [[http://www.bull.com/novascale/index.html|Bull]]

and others

= Developer machines =

The following machines are available to developers:
 1. '''merulo.debian.org''' - maintained by DSA (Matt Taggart and dann frazier local admins), connectivity via HP, porting machine.
 2. '''merkel.debian.org''' - maintained by DSA (Matt Taggart and dann frazier local admins), connectivity via HP, general use machine (no chroots).

= Port maintainers =

The Debian port is maintained by the following developers, who actively work on architecture specific issues:

 1. DannFrazier
 1. LaMontJones
 1. TroyHeber
 1. IanWienand
 1. ...

= Users =

The port is being actively used at the following sites:

 1. HP/OSLO: > 3 machines, > 200, shared login systems, mail, web, ...
 1. [[http://www.gelato.unsw.edu.au|Gelato@UNSW]]: > 10 research machines, 2 production servers

Popcon indicates 45 users of the architecture as at 2007/10/22.

= Installer =

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

= Upstream support =

Upstream support is provided by:

 * glibc: ...
 * gcc: ...
 * g++: ...
 * kernel: Tony Luck
 * boot loader: Jason Fleischli (elilo)
 * ...

= Archive coverage and Autobuilder support =

 * The port is currently at 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 96% 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:
 
 * oldstable (oldstable-proposed-updates, oldstable-security)
  * foo.debian.org - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by ..., adminned by ...
 * stable (proposed-updates, stable-security)
  * foo.debian.org - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by ..., adminned by ...
 * testing (testing-proposed-updates, testing-security)
  * foo.debian.org - connectivity via ..., buildd logs checked by ..., adminned by ...
 * unstable
  * 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 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

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