Sparc is another minor arch which is significantly behind on stabilizations, so we need to open a bug for it similar to the one for hppa. Let's list all possible options: A. regarding stabilizations: A1. dilfridge's GLEP [1] -- let's us stop worrying about ~arch/arch while leaving keywords in place. However, it's not an option that we can expect to be finished and ready for use soon, so I say we don't consider it. A2. dropping everything to ~arch -- we lose current stable keywords, so if someone wants to restore stable sparc, he will need to start over. B. regarding the sparc architecture in general: B1. dropping profiles to dev/exp -- we stop caring about sparc keywording. This has the disadvantage that the depgraph quickly becomes a mess, and if someone wants to resume it, it's a lot of work. B2. dropping sparc completely -- Do we want to consider this since we do not have any dev machines? [1]:https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Dilfridge/GLEP:72
Bug has been referenced in the following commit: https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=b5901d8f716555a1479f12313a2925fcadd177a9 commit b5901d8f716555a1479f12313a2925fcadd177a9 Author: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> AuthorDate: 2017-09-10 19:17:24 +0000 Commit: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> CommitDate: 2017-09-10 19:17:24 +0000 profiles.desc: move sparc to exp On 2017-09-10 council@ meeting majority decided to drop sparc@ from from 'stable' to 'exp' profiles. That means the following: - maintainers are free to break dependency tree by removing old ebuilds - repoman will stop checking for satisfied dependencies (unless '-e y' is passed) Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/630258 Signed-off-by: Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@gentoo.org> profiles/profiles.desc | 10 +++++----- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
For the record, the rationale for this mostly involves lack of operational sparc hardware for dev use. If someone ever wanted to revive sparc on Gentoo, the first task to do is to install the system on our old sparc machine (or get a new one). Ping Infra to bring a rescue environment up; but note that the arch team is responsible for setting up a real system there.
