Paul Iadonisi wrote:
On Tue, Sep 30, 2003 at 06:20:43AM -0400, mike(a)flyn.org wrote:
>Is there any plans to add a PowerPC build of Fedora?
[snip]
>Are there any like-minded folks out there?
Yes. Me. ;-)
Well, not just PowerPC, but also some other non-x86 platforms in general.
One request I'd like to make to Red Hat (and any other package maintainers)
is to please, please, please, don't make rpms ExclusiveArch unless absolutely
necessary. I realize that may already be the case, but I'm just putting my
[SNIP]
Also, will patches for non-x86 (even not [yet] supported) platforms
be
accepted? I'm guessing that the answer is 'as time permits' which is fine,
I would just like to know if it's worth submitting patches at all for Alpha,
Arm, (as well as Sparc and PowerPC). Given that Fedora is intended for
the hobbyist, developer, enthusiast, I'm hoping that the answer is yes.
[SNIP]
Some of us actually remember when Red Hat had a sparc product :-(.
Perhaps it is time for Aurora to merge back into the fold? It seems
that Fedora would be a perfect means to do this...
Cheers,
Nicholas