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List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org, 47615@debbugs.gnu.org Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+larch=yhetil.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" X-Migadu-Flow: FLOW_IN ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=yhetil.org; s=key1; t=1618675525; h=from:from:sender:sender:reply-to:subject:subject:date:date: message-id:message-id:to:to:cc:cc:mime-version:mime-version: content-type:content-type: content-transfer-encoding:content-transfer-encoding: in-reply-to:in-reply-to:references:references:list-id:list-help: list-unsubscribe:list-subscribe:list-post; bh=gSB888RsynEJbOt9RULroYpeWJgkF5ANZyZFY0ol54U=; b=PpnmEEUk8nHTGgPpT3fdQ5vo1j0dFYN2nWB4awDX0GNRuSaA227BiKhUVPmHbUDVZur/dy 5YbqQb077IxWRgAgrAMuJkorrjSmsQa7YogqxiyUQqLL0/5fPDWXuVvCXfdLy+X1yhJ3/0 F6tKI+NQkqVEkUsuTEdO3gA5hrWe3hA954auSyEmtk+3ULPVBDoqdesUzv8sXk3zOrgBic JK5ZYvMTh428btQxpghFwmdT0ypH6YuDTJqRADOVmh3cpYqr7jwB8u/2cT+n4L+64D2m90 e1t9fzc5GIy+8rQobQkx+wfaVy2JB37ikdxKdVXNBJoOnxPlwH+Mgyc5zT2c8w== ARC-Seal: i=1; s=key1; d=yhetil.org; t=1618675525; a=rsa-sha256; cv=none; b=sa0e6ZbkVU2rk5slfZCSljaqUt4cMoRkM6F1oTtGVhL0AnzwiRFF0CVXTi8iCLT1a3Dja9 a1JcyLEGG1I5kYZvYvZqH2lkXIlhlmfMZh+cinvKvE8iW1X2Yjk0Q/XJcsEwOO+qW1z3wR pPN9CeJh303+R9Cc+vvRRmylReOz1mAHTs4HB+lcifKCV3l3wW8c/KLu1XhWft7etSOdvL dNiydcLf0vCphAK1hCXgmUBvTwrRevkknZrk+LLI8LS+8+as4YtsM4eBCMhc/AkKtc6u6V q2qnyQ/xnqkX2oWbXKUxjQL+rsj4Ae5wPqHdjF9RGmq27DC6egwkrpnhfzBwiw== ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; 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-Migadu-Spam-Score: -1.44 Authentication-Results: aspmx1.migadu.com; dkim=none; dmarc=pass (policy=none) header.from=gnu.org; 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-Migadu-Queue-Id: B321D16BF9 X-Spam-Score: -1.44 X-Migadu-Scanner: scn0.migadu.com X-TUID: 3Ie3wxhDyCuW Hi! Efraim Flashner skribis: > https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/guix.git/log/?h=3Dwip-ppc > > The wip-ppc branch on Savannah is currently in a good state. With the > recent rapid churn on core-updates I haven't been very quick about > rebasing on core-updates but I can confirm that building out to mesa > works. Building is slow, it took 6 days to build from guile-final to > mesa without stopping. > > The patches start with adding the bootstrap binaries for powerpc. Woohoo! > gnu/build/vm.scm | 1 + > gnu/local.mk | 2 + > gnu/packages/base.scm | 11 +- > gnu/packages/bootstrap.scm | 37 +- > gnu/packages/commencement.scm | 21 +- > gnu/packages/debug.scm | 2 + > gnu/packages/disk.scm | 44 + > gnu/packages/gl.scm | 18 +- > gnu/packages/guile.scm | 21 +- > gnu/packages/nss.scm | 7 +- > .../patches/mac-fdisk-gentoo-patchset.patch | 866 +++++++ > gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-p18.patch | 2070 +++++++++++++++++ > gnu/packages/version-control.scm | 6 +- > guix/packages.scm | 4 +- > m4/guix.m4 | 4 +- > 15 files changed, 3096 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) > create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-gentoo-patchset.patch > create mode 100644 gnu/packages/patches/mac-fdisk-p18.patch I haven=E2=80=99t looked into details so I=E2=80=99ll just share thoughts f= rom a maintenance viewpoint: 1. Those fdisk patch file names will make =E2=80=98guix lint=E2=80=99 unh= appy. :-) 2. Apart from mac-fdisk-p18.patch, which looks relatively big, the changes seem to be rather non-intrusive, so it=E2=80=99s tempting to m= erge them (on =E2=80=98core-updates=E2=80=99 I guess?). 3. OTOH, what will be the status of this architecture? I don=E2=80=99t t= hink new 32-bit PPC hardware is being made (right?), so I guess we probably won=E2=80=99t have substitutes for that architecture. That m= eans it won=E2=80=99t be supported at the same level as other architectures= and may quickly suffer from bitrot. I=E2=80=99m torn between #2 and #3. What do people think? Thanks, Ludo=E2=80=99.