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Date:      Fri, 12 May 2006 00:13:08 -0400 (EDT)
From:      "M. Warner Losh" <imp@bsdimp.com>
To:        jhb@FreeBSD.org
Cc:        bmah@FreeBSD.org, doc-committers@FreeBSD.org, andre@FreeBSD.org, cvs-doc@FreeBSD.org, cvs-all@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: cvs commit: www/en index.xsl
Message-ID:  <20060512.001308.126925417.imp@bsdimp.com>
In-Reply-To: <200605111952.57682.jhb@freebsd.org>
References:  <4464020F.3000609@freebsd.org> <446403FE.8050908@freebsd.org> <200605111952.57682.jhb@freebsd.org>

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In message: <200605111952.57682.jhb@freebsd.org>
            John Baldwin <jhb@freebsd.org> writes:
: On Thursday 11 May 2006 23:41, Andre Oppermann wrote:
: > Bruce A. Mah wrote:
: > > If memory serves me right, Andre Oppermann wrote:
: > >> andre       2006-05-12 02:54:03 UTC
: > >>
: > >>   FreeBSD doc repository (src committer)
: > >>
: > >>   Modified files:
: > >>     en                   index.xsl
: > >>   Log:
: > >>   Alpha has left the building. Add ARM and rearrange the list of
: > >> architectures a bit.
: > >
: > > I wonder if the !alpha part was a little premature?  Yes, the alpha
: > > kernel bits are gone from HEAD, but they're still around on RELENG_5 and
: > > RELENG_6, and we're still planning to do releases from both of those
: > > codelines.  The first release that won't include alpha will be 7.0, and
: > > its release cycle doesn't even *start* for over a year.
: > >
: > > Just a thought...
: >
: > There are like two remaining Alpha users and we most likely won't gain
: > any new ones in the foreseeable future. Though we are compiling releases
: > according to jhb it isn't even clear they actually work on Alpha.  It's
: > not actively maintained anymore.  It really has left the building and there
: > is no point in advertising it on our homepage instead of on some random
: > tombstone somewhere out in the past architectures graveyard.
: 
: There are more than 2 users, but when users report problems those problems 
: aren't really resolved.  I think Alpha should stay on the main page until it 
: is officially retired when 7.0 is released.  We also shouldn't mention arm 
: until it's actually "included" in a release which it is not yet.

arm was in 6.0

Warner



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