From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from mp0 ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by ms11 with LMTPS id QKK3C/Iywl4PfAAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 18 May 2020 07:02:10 +0000 Received: from aspmx1.migadu.com ([2001:41d0:2:4a6f::]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits)) by mp0 with LMTPS id AFyXB/Iywl6wDAAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Mon, 18 May 2020 07:02:10 +0000 Received: from lists.gnu.org (lists.gnu.org [209.51.188.17]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by aspmx1.migadu.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C812C94042B for ; Mon, 18 May 2020 07:02:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:53952 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaZmq-0000Lw-Qw for larch@yhetil.org; Mon, 18 May 2020 03:02:08 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:35052) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaZmh-0000Li-Cg for guix-devel@gnu.org; Mon, 18 May 2020 03:01:59 -0400 Received: from flashner.co.il ([178.62.234.194]:33494) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaZmf-0007q5-2C; Mon, 18 May 2020 03:01:58 -0400 Received: from localhost (unknown [188.120.128.132]) by flashner.co.il (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 7EECF400E5; Mon, 18 May 2020 07:01:55 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 10:01:22 +0300 From: Efraim Flashner To: Ludovic =?utf-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Subject: Re: MIPS support Message-ID: <20200518070122.GE18220@E5400> References: <87blo1ydsf.fsf@cbaines.net> <20200408220745.GA18252@jasmine.lan> <87sggdf7qm.fsf@gnu.org> <20200506182327.GA27121@jasmine.lan> <87y2pqky7r.fsf@gnu.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="EXKGNeO8l0xGFBjy" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <87y2pqky7r.fsf@gnu.org> X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x41AAE7DCCA3D8351 X-PGP-Key: https://flashner.co.il/~efraim/efraim_flashner.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Received-SPF: pass client-ip=178.62.234.194; envelope-from=efraim@flashner.co.il; helo=flashner.co.il X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: First seen = 2020/05/18 02:35:55 X-ACL-Warn: Detected OS = ??? 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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Scanner: scn0 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=none; spf=pass (aspmx1.migadu.com: domain of guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org designates 209.51.188.17 as permitted sender) smtp.mailfrom=guix-devel-bounces@gnu.org X-Spam-Score: 0.69 X-TUID: Kw3UhKC9jDf2 --EXKGNeO8l0xGFBjy Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 12:12:24AM +0200, Ludovic Court=C3=A8s wrote: > Hi, >=20 > Leo Famulari skribis: >=20 > > On Wed, May 06, 2020 at 06:27:31PM +0200, Vincent Legoll wrote: > >> From the manual or from the CI, to let the build farm do more useful t= hings > >> I'm not against, but is it really making maintenance difficult by stil= l being in > >> the codebase ? > > > > It's not really a maintenance burden currently since we don't actually > > build or maintain the Guix on MIPS at all. > > > > I think this discussion is evidence that people find the situation a bit > > confusing. When I am looking into a project, I find it demotivating to > > read documentation about features that may or may not work =E2=80=94 it= 's best > > when the documentation accurately reflects what the software can do. >=20 > Right, that was my point: let=E2=80=99s remove mentions of MIPS from the = manual > and from =E2=80=98configure.ac=E2=80=99 so people have the right expectat= ions. >=20 > Thoughts? So change it so that mips needs '--with-courage' but not remove the bootstrap binaries from the code? Do we want to fully remove the mention of mips as a supported platform or change it to "in the past we had an active mips64el port which is in need of more attention to bring it back to a fully supported platform. 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