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Date:      Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:58:25 -0500
From:      ph4nt0m <ph4nt0m117@gmail.com>
To:        freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: freebsd-sparc64 Digest, Vol 750, Issue 3
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Seems like a wastet to throw away an entire platform just because a repo is
screwed up.  Just fix it and repost the image.

On Sat, Feb 8, 2020, 7:00 AM <freebsd-sparc64-request@freebsd.org> wrote:

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> Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 04:42:35 -0500
> From: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
> To: Alex Ernst <alex.ernst19@gmail.com>
> Cc: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
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> On Fri, 7 Feb 2020 at 06:46, Alex Ernst <alex.ernst19@gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Thank you guys for the info.
> > I think it is confusing to provide stable official images for sparc64
> > packing amd64 repository into FreeBSD-12.1-RELEASE-sparc64-dvd1.iso.xz :)
>
> Indeed, this is certainly not intentional, and quite undesirable. That
> said, I'm not sure there's a sensible remedy; deleting the image is
> likely our only option other than the status quo, and I'm not sure
> that having no image at all is better.
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> Date: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 00:49:42 +0000
> From: Mark Linimon <linimon@lonesome.com>
> To: Ed Maste <emaste@freebsd.org>
> Cc: Alex Ernst <alex.ernst19@gmail.com>, freebsd-sparc64@freebsd.org
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> On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 04:42:35AM -0500, Ed Maste wrote:
> > I'm not sure that having no image at all is better.
>
> There's no upgrade path, and no need to encourage new installs even of the
> existing bits.  I'd say delete it.
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> mcl
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