Current FTBFS packages (was Re: [ACTION REQUIRED] Retiring packages for Fedora 21)

[Richard W.M. Jones]

On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 09:18:12PM -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
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> On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:01:34 +0100
> "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones at redhat.com> wrote:
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> > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 04:36:28PM -0400, Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> > > On Monday, June 2, 2014, 2:53:33 PM, Till Mass wrote:
> > > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:01:53AM +0200, Dan Horák wrote:
> > > >> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:24:09 +0200
> > > >> Till Maas <opensource at till.name> wrote:
> > > 
> > > >> > yaboot                           dwmw2, dwmw2, fkocina,
> > > >> 
> > > >> this is a secondary arch only package since F-12, so it should be
> > > >> excluded from the FTBFS list in primary koji
> > > 
> > > > Actually according to Dennis this is a ppc32 package that can be
> > > > retired, because ppc32 support is being dropped.
> > > 
> > > Till,
> > > 
> > > Please do not start deleting ppc32-only packages.
> > > 
> > > A  few  of  us  would  like  to resurrect ppc32, likely initially
> > > as a Fedora   Remix.   Deleting  ppc32-only  packages  just  adds
> > > more work to that effort.
> > 
> > Plus yaboot is still needed to boot ppc64 Macs, even on F20/F21.
> 
> no it doesn't that part of why ppc is no longer built at all.  f20 uses
> yaboot for dvd and grub2 for the installed system, f21 is using grub2
> everywhere.

I have a Fedora 20 ppc64 Mac right next to my feet here that is
definitely booting using yaboot.

Rich.

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