Move the list to lists.fedoraproject.org?

Josh Boyer jwboyer at gmail.com
Tue Aug 9 21:31:45 EDT 2011


On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 8:01 PM, Stephen John Smoogen <smooge at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 17:51, Josh Boyer <jwboyer at gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Aug 5, 2011 at 11:51 AM, Geoff Levand <geoff at infradead.org> wrote:
>>> On 08/05/2011 07:13 AM, James Laska wrote:
>>>> Given my understanding of the scope of the IBM Fedora ppc involvement, it seems appropriate to create a new list ppc64 at lists.fedoraproject.org.  Perhaps the current fedora-ppc@ list could remain for ppc32 and ppc on Apple hardware?
>>>
>>> And where does PS3 fit in?
>>
>> List decision aside, I'm not sure PS3 really fits anywhere much
>> longer.  With Sony's firmware push to eliminate OtherOS, the lack of
>> continued Cell development anywhere, and the fact that I don't think
>> current Fedora installers will even work with 256 MB of DRAM, it might
>> be time to put PS3 to rest.
>>
>> I don't want to limit options artificially, but putting effort into
>> continued PS3 support doesn't seem to have much of a return.
>
> What Apple hardware would be supportable under the higher memory restrictions?

On the 64-bit side, most Apple G5 machines, the IBM JS20 blades, and
the Fixstars Powerstation (all are ppc970 based).  On the 32-bit side
(if an install tree is even going to be done at all for 32-bit),
possibly some Apple G4.

josh



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