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Purpose

The purpose of this page is to demonstrate that powerpc 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.ibm.com/systems/p/ IBM]

  2. [http://www.example.com/ some other vendor]

Developer machines

The following machines are available to developers:

  1. bruckner.debian.org - maintained by DSA, connectivity via freenet.de.

Port maintainers

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

  1. ...
  2. ...
  3. ...
  4. ...
  5. ...

Users

The port is being actively used at the following sites:

  1. foo: xx machines, yy users, personal workstations
  2. bar: 1 machine, yyy users, development server
  3. Rick Thomas: about a dozen old Macs (some ?OldWorld, Some ?NewWorld) used as servers and personal workstations. University and home-hobbyist environment. A variety of models available for testing. n. ...

Popcon indicates 615 users of the architecture as at 2007-08-02.

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: ...
  • gcc: ...
  • g++: ...
  • kernel: ...
  • boot loader: ...
  • ...

Archive coverage and Autobuilder support

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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