[geeks] illumos to drop support for SPARC

[Nathan Raymond]

I did find it a bit odd that they didn't seem to make any attempt to let
anyone know about their lack of SPARC build hardware, didn't try to reach
out to the larger community, and then just announced that because nobody
has read their minds and helped them already, that they're just going to
drop SPARC support.


On Fri, May 7, 2021 at 2:25 PM Lionel Peterson <lionel4287 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not to a jerk, but I don't remember being asked:
>
> "If a community of users was going to emerge to provide engineering effort
> and
> build resources for SPARC, it likely would have done so by now. It is
> always
> sad to close a chapter in our history, and SPARC systems represent a strong
> and positive memory for many of us. Nonetheless, the time has arrived to
> begin
> the process of removing SPARC support from the operating system."
>
> Ken
>
> > On May 7, 2021, at 12:49, Phil Stracchino <phils at caerllewys.net> wrote:
> >
> > o;?On 5/7/21 12:49 PM, Nathan Raymond wrote:
> >> Apparently due to lack of SPARC hardware to use as build machines:
> >>
> >> https://github.com/illumos/ipd/blob/master/ipd/0019/README.md
> >
> >
> > Signs of the end of an era.
> >
> >
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