Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Mon, 15 Oct 2001 07:57:52 +0200 (MEST) | From | Geert Uytterhoeven <> | Subject | Re: No love for the PPC |
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On Sat, 13 Oct 2001, Mike Fedyk wrote: > On Sat, Oct 13, 2001 at 12:52:16AM -0400, Albert D. Cahalan wrote: > > Mike Borrelli writes: > > > Anyway, the real question is, why does the ppc arhitecture /always/ break > > > between versions? > > > > At the most recent Ottata Linux Symposium, there was a PowerPC > > session with about 20 people. Somebody did a poll, asking what > > people used. I was the only person who dared to use a kernel > > from Linus. Everone else was using the BenH and BitKeeper ones. > > > > This is a sorry state of affairs. > > Actually, this is normal for new ports on Linux. PPC is relatively new, > m68k is developed with their own cvs, as is Intel IA64. I'm sure others > will be able to quote about other arches...
Nah, m68k still doesn't have its own CVS, due to `political' issues :-(
Gr{oetje,eeting}s,
Geert
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