= 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]].

It can also be used as a source of information for future recertification pages of PowerPC in Debian.

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]]
 1. [[http://www.genesippc.com/|Genesi]]
 1. [[http://www.kuroutoshikou.com/products/kuro-box/kuro-boxfset.html|Kuroto Shikou]]

= 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. BastianBlank
 1. RogérioBrito
 1. GerfriedFuchs, general issues
 1. RogerLeigh, general issues

= Users =
The port is being actively used at the following sites:

 1. 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.
 1. Nathael Pajani: Used on any new powerpc board from ACTIS computers for kernel development and testing, and then used by some of their customers (I hope so) as I give them a basic debian rootfs.
 1. RogérioBrito: 3 machines (one OldWorld, one NewWorld, and one embedded [[http://kurobox.com/revolution/what.html|KuroBox]]).

[[http://popcon.debian.org/|Popcon]] indicates 709 users of the architecture at 2008-08-31.

= Installer =
The installer is being maintained by ... and it's currently working effectively. Successful installation reports are available at the [[http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc|debian-powerpc mailing list]].

 * http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2008/09/msg00059.html
 * http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2008/09/msg00065.html
 * http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2008/09/msg00096.html

= Upstream support =
Support for crucial packages is provided by:

 * glibc: upstream developers of glibc.
 * gcc: upstream developers of GCC.
 * g++: upstream developers of GCC.
 * kernel: https://ozlabs.org/mailman/listinfo/linuxppc-dev
 * boot loader: http://yaboot.ozlabs.org/ and http://www.gnu.org/software/grub/grub-2-faq.en.html

Some of the information above was [[http://lists.debian.org/debian-powerpc/2008/09/msg00082.html|provided by]] Josh Boyer on the debian-powerpc mailing list.

= Archive coverage and Autobuilder support =

 * The port is currently more than 98% up to date according to [[http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph2-week.png|the buildd stats]], as of 2008-08-31 (95% cut off).
 * The port has currently built more than 98% of the archive according to [[http://buildd.debian.org/stats/graph-week.png|the buildd stats]], as of 2008-08-31 (90% cut off).

= Archive cleanliness =
The port builds from unmodified Debian source.

= Autobuilders =
The following machines run buildds for the port:

 * unstable/testing/stable/oldstable
  * [[http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=voltaire|voltaire]] - connectivity via Oregon State University OSL, buildd logs checked by Philipp Kern, admined by DSA
  * [[http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi?host=malo|malo]] - connectivity via Stephen Frost, buildd logs checked by Philipp Kern, admined by DSA

= 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

Nathael Pajani have noticed the following problem in supporting the architecture:

 * http://bugs.debian.org/495120 which prevents apt (and certainly other binaries) from running on e500 cores. This is bad on a debian system.
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