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 SOfqMPy8wV5XFQAA0tVLHw (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 17 May 2020 22:38:52 +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 DF++LPy8wV76WQAA1q6Kng (envelope-from ) for ; Sun, 17 May 2020 22:38:52 +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 6D3FF940B0D for ; Sun, 17 May 2020 22:38:52 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost ([::1]:41494 helo=lists1p.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaRvn-0007eV-ET for larch@yhetil.org; Sun, 17 May 2020 18:38:51 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:34914) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaRWK-0006hN-Uh for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 17 May 2020 18:12:33 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]:41193) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1jaRWH-0000u6-0x; Sun, 17 May 2020 18:12:32 -0400 Received: from [2a01:e0a:1d:7270:af76:b9b:ca24:c465] (port=36020 helo=ribbon) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtpsa (TLS1.2:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.82) (envelope-from ) id 1jaRWE-0006jf-Qd; Sun, 17 May 2020 18:12:27 -0400 From: =?utf-8?Q?Ludovic_Court=C3=A8s?= To: Leo Famulari Subject: Re: MIPS support References: <87blo1ydsf.fsf@cbaines.net> <20200408220745.GA18252@jasmine.lan> <87sggdf7qm.fsf@gnu.org> <20200506182327.GA27121@jasmine.lan> X-URL: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ X-Revolutionary-Date: 30 =?utf-8?Q?Flor=C3=A9al?= an 228 de la =?utf-8?Q?R?= =?utf-8?Q?=C3=A9volution?= X-PGP-Key-ID: 0x090B11993D9AEBB5 X-PGP-Key: http://www.fdn.fr/~lcourtes/ludovic.asc X-PGP-Fingerprint: 3CE4 6455 8A84 FDC6 9DB4 0CFB 090B 1199 3D9A EBB5 X-OS: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 00:12:24 +0200 In-Reply-To: <20200506182327.GA27121@jasmine.lan> (Leo Famulari's message of "Wed, 6 May 2020 14:23:27 -0400") Message-ID: <87y2pqky7r.fsf@gnu.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/26.3 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: guix-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." 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: -1.01 X-TUID: 3jg2ISOP3r49 Hi, Leo Famulari skribis: > 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 thi= ngs >> I'm not against, but is it really making maintenance difficult by still = 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. Right, that was my point: let=E2=80=99s remove mentions of MIPS from the ma= nual and from =E2=80=98configure.ac=E2=80=99 so people have the right expectatio= ns. Thoughts? Ludo=E2=80=99.