On Sun, Jun 08, 2014 at 09:18:12PM -0500, Dennis Gilmore wrote:
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On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 00:01:34 +0100
"Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones(a)redhat.com> wrote:
> On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 04:36:28PM -0400, Al Dunsmuir wrote:
> > On Monday, June 2, 2014, 2:53:33 PM, Till Mass wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 02, 2014 at 11:01:53AM +0200, Dan HorĂ¡k wrote:
> > >> On Sun, 1 Jun 2014 11:24:09 +0200
> > >> Till Maas <opensource(a)till.name> wrote:
> >
> > >> > yaboot dwmw2, dwmw2, fkocina,
> > >>
> > >> this is a secondary arch only package since F-12, so it should be
> > >> excluded from the FTBFS list in primary koji
> >
> > > Actually according to Dennis this is a ppc32 package that can be
> > > retired, because ppc32 support is being dropped.
> >
> > Till,
> >
> > Please do not start deleting ppc32-only packages.
> >
> > A few of us would like to resurrect ppc32, likely initially
> > as a Fedora Remix. Deleting ppc32-only packages just adds
> > more work to that effort.
>
> Plus yaboot is still needed to boot ppc64 Macs, even on F20/F21.
no it doesn't that part of why ppc is no longer built at all. f20 uses
yaboot for dvd and grub2 for the installed system, f21 is using grub2
everywhere.
I have a Fedora 20 ppc64 Mac right next to my feet here that is
definitely booting using yaboot.
Rich.
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