From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 696B6139694 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:35:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id C19E32140C1; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:35:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7DFD721400D for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:35:51 +0000 (UTC) Received: from localhost (unknown [IPv6:2a01:e34:eeaa:6bd0:4ecc:6aff:fe03:1cfc]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: aballier) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 75A1E341809 for ; Mon, 10 Jul 2017 17:35:49 +0000 (UTC) Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:35:43 +0200 From: Alexis Ballier To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] taking a break from arches stabilization Message-ID: <20170710193543.739a0c9b@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <1897557.6sYsMVzEX5@wanheda> References: <1897557.6sYsMVzEX5@wanheda> Organization: Gentoo X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.15.0-dirty (GTK+ 2.24.31; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: 2505aeef-5226-4591-b17f-99cc04adc440 X-Archives-Hash: eb4cf5bdbf38bbe329ec443e2735c260 On Mon, 10 Jul 2017 19:22:20 +0200 Agostino Sarubbo wrote: > Hi all. > > every time that I attach my tmux session to see what happens on irc, > I always see the same discussion about the 'minor' arches status. > Since I joined gentoo(2011) I worked on all arches except hppa, I put > more effort in amd64 and less where I saw other people work on it > (arm,alpha) But every time the magic phrase is that those arches are > unmaintained. > > Now, since I work on these arches just to help, i.e. I don't have any > business and I do non have any installation of those arches and the > work I'm doing is not appreciated at all I decided to stop for now. > If your dream is to put sparc and ia64 to ~arch, go ahead, I have no > objections. > I will take a break also from amd64 and x86...let's see how things > will change. > Thanks for your work. It is appreciated. I respect your decision that your time might be better spent by not trying to artificially maintain some arches alive when you're clearly the only one doing the work and caring about them. There's an annoying side effect of open source communities that I've came to witness a lot: When you do your work too well, nobody feels the need to help by contributing, and you're essentially left alone. Alexis.