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 TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C0EA0159C9B for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2024 11:03:05 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 09E0EE2AE6; Sat, 3 Aug 2024 11:03:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (woodpecker.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id B5C34E2A73 for ; Sat, 3 Aug 2024 11:03:00 +0000 (UTC) From: Arthur Zamarin To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Cc: pr@gentoo.org, ia64@gentoo.org, Arthur Zamarin Subject: [gentoo-dev] [PATCH] 2024-08-07-removal-ia64: add news item Date: Sat, 3 Aug 2024 14:02:28 +0300 Message-ID: <20240803110227.28054-2-arthurzam@gentoo.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.45.2 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 X-Auto-Response-Suppress: DR, RN, NRN, OOF, AutoReply MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: a161835c-0946-46ab-8e63-80f7e9ed1912 X-Archives-Hash: 9dc7a7e857b235126efa24bacaecf745 Signed-off-by: Arthur Zamarin --- .../2024-08-07-removal-ia64.en.txt | 34 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+) create mode 100644 2024-08-07-removal-ia64/2024-08-07-removal-ia64.en.txt diff --git a/2024-08-07-removal-ia64/2024-08-07-removal-ia64.en.txt b/2024-08-07-removal-ia64/2024-08-07-removal-ia64.en.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cbb4ba1 --- /dev/null +++ b/2024-08-07-removal-ia64/2024-08-07-removal-ia64.en.txt @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Title: Gentoo drops IA-64 support +Author: Arthur Zamarin +Posted: 2024-08-07 +Revision: 1 +News-Item-Format: 2.0 +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0 +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/desktop +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/desktop/gnome +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/desktop/gnome/systemd/merged-usr +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/developer +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/17.0/systemd/merged-usr +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0 +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/desktop +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/desktop/gnome +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/desktop/gnome/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/systemd +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/split-usr +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/split-usr/desktop +Display-If-Profile: default/linux/ia64/23.0/split-usr/desktop/gnome + +Following the removal of IA-64 support in the Linux kernel and glibc, +and subsequent discussions on our mailing list [1], as well as a vote +by the Gentoo Council [2,3], Gentoo will discontinue all ia64 profiles +and keywords. The primary reason for this decision is the inability of +the Gentoo IA-64 team to support this architecture without kernel +support, glibc support, and a functional development box. + +In one month, all ia64 profiles will be removed, all ia64 keywords will +be dropped from all packages, and all IA-64 related Gentoo bugs will be +closed. + +[1] https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/75654daa-c5fc-45c8-a104-fae43b9ca490@gentoo.org/T/ +[2] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20240721.txt +[3] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20240721-summary.txt -- 2.45.2