Date: Sat, 14 Nov 2015 11:54:33 -0600 From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com> To: Elizabeth Myers <elizabeth@interlinked.me> Cc: "Brian McGovern (bmcgover)" <bmcgover@cisco.com>, Jordan Hubbard <jkh@mail.turbofuzz.com>, Warner Losh <imp@bsdimp.com>, Marius Strobl <marius@alchemy.franken.de>, Anna Wilcox <AWilcox@wilcox-tech.com>, "sparc64@freebsd.org" <sparc64@freebsd.org>, Sean Bruno <sbruno@freebsd.org>, freebsd-arch <freebsd-arch@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Sparc64 doesn't care about you, and you shouldn't care about Sparc64 Message-ID: <20151114175433.GA19271@lonesome.com> In-Reply-To: <5646D19C.9010304@interlinked.me> References: <563A5893.1030607@freebsd.org> <2AAC0EF3-528B-476F-BA9C-CDC3004465D0@bsdimp.com> <20151108155501.GA1901@alchemy.franken.de> <563F8385.3090603@freebsd.org> <56417100.5050600@Wilcox-Tech.com> <CANCZdfqO-SdjnonGzRr2H0pDon5oALsDGsmG3KOxPGRVdTbHPQ@mail.gmail.com> <39947478-4710-47D8-BAB1-FC93979570B6@mail.turbofuzz.com> <f4d1114833994331bd1fd2273f305abc@XCH-RTP-005.cisco.com> <5646D19C.9010304@interlinked.me>
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On Sat, Nov 14, 2015 at 12:15:56AM -0600, Elizabeth Myers wrote: > If that constitutes "project resources," then I suppose you are > instructing people, "go spend your time doing something more productive?" In the principle of fairness, let me play devil's advocate for a moment. - it does take some time for re@ to release and test sparc64 images. - having sparc64 in 'make universe' does require developers to spend more time regression-testing their (non-sparc64) changes. OTOH once an architecture is removed from 'make universe' it's effectively dead, as bitrot sets in instantly. mcl
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