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#debian-release: Architecture Qualification
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Meeting started by jmw at 18:58:25 UTC. The full logs are available at
http://meetbot.debian.net/debian-release/2014/debian-release.2014-09-14-18.58.log.html
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Meeting summary
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* amd64/i386  (jmw, 19:02:45)
  * AGREED: amd64/i386 stay  (jmw, 19:03:38)

* hurd-i386  (jmw, 19:04:14)
  * LINK: https://release.debian.org/jessie/arch_qualify.html is the
    arch page I'm working from, by the way  (jmw, 19:05:41)
  * LINK: https://buildd.debian.org/status/logs.php?pkg=meanwhile that's
    a small package  (aba, 19:10:22)
  * the hurd situation is improved, but not enough  (jmw, 19:17:17)
  * AGREED: hurd-i386 will not be a release architecture  (jmw,
    19:17:26)

* sparc  (jmw, 19:17:33)
  * AGREED: sparc will not be a release architecture  (jmw, 19:17:56)

* armel/armhf  (jmw, 19:18:14)
  * DSA have multiple concerns  (jmw, 19:19:19)
  * ancina is the only armel machine remote from the others, and due to
    be decommissioned  (jmw, 19:21:37)
  * there are two armhf machines remote from the others, both at ynic
    (jmw, 19:22:58)
  * DSA did not see an improvement in the situation during the last
    cycle  (jmw, 19:29:58)
  * AGREED: armel/armhf hardware situation is not a blocker at this
    stage, but the situation needs to improve before release  (jmw,
    19:30:43)
  * LINK: https://release.debian.org/jessie/arch_qualify.html says so
    (aba, 19:31:11)
  * ACTION: DSA liaise with ARM about hardware and remote management,
    best-effort  (jmw, 19:32:10)

* kfreebsd-amd64/kfreebsd-i386  (jmw, 19:33:10)
  * only one porter appears to be active  (jmw, 19:34:19)
  * RC bugs do not appear to be found quickly nor fixed in a suitable
    timeframe  (jmw, 19:34:41)
  * there appear to be significant unresolved upgrade problems  (jmw,
    19:38:16)
  * AGREED: kfreebsd-amd64/kfreebsd-i386 will not be release
    architectures  (jmw, 19:42:55)

* mips/mipsel  (jmw, 19:43:22)
  * DSA has concerns, but they should be alleviated soon with a new
    datacentre and hardware  (jmw, 19:45:43)
  * AGREED: mips/mipsel will be release architectures  (jmw, 19:50:32)

* powerpc  (jmw, 19:50:40)
  * AGREED: powerpc will be a release architecture  (jmw, 19:51:45)

* s390x  (jmw, 19:51:54)
  * DSA have concerns about a single source of hardware, sponsored, and
    it doesn't appear to be improving  (jmw, 19:54:14)
  * we do have redundant locations. DSA's concern is only mild  (jmw,
    19:56:15)
  * AGREED: s390x will be a release architecture  (jmw, 19:57:14)

* arm64  (jmw, 19:58:12)
  * arm64 is a new port  (jmw, 19:58:16)
  * DSA have multiple concerns; hardware availability, management of
    existing hosts, no geographic redundancy  (jmw, 19:59:57)
  * the port is not yet bootstrapped into sid  (jmw, 20:05:47)
  * ACTION: aba to try a testing bootstrap of arm64 and ppc64el  (jmw,
    20:11:49)
  * AGREED: arm64 is a release architecture in principle, providing a
    testing bootstrap is successful and DSA's hardware concerns can be
    alleviated. if there are significant problems, the architecture may
    be dropped before release  (jmw, 20:14:57)

* ppc64el  (jmw, 20:15:05)
  * mild DSA concern about hardware, not a blocker  (jmw, 20:15:56)
  * DSA concerns about hardware location are expected to be resolved
    imminently  (jmw, 20:17:34)
  * AGREED: ppc64el is a release architecture in principle, providing a
    testing bootstrap is successful and DSA's hardware concerns can be
    alleviated. if there are significant problems, the architecture may
    be dropped before release  (jmw, 20:20:21)

Meeting ended at 20:21:46 UTC.




Action Items
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* DSA liaise with ARM about hardware and remote management, best-effort
* aba to try a testing bootstrap of arm64 and ppc64el




Action Items, by person
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* aba
  * aba to try a testing bootstrap of arm64 and ppc64el
* **UNASSIGNED**
  * DSA liaise with ARM about hardware and remote management,
    best-effort




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