From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Jan Beulich" Subject: Re: removal of ia64 port Date: Thu, 22 Mar 2012 11:04:06 +0000 Message-ID: <4F6B1536020000780007A326@nat28.tlf.novell.com> References: <4F69A3340200007800079D1B@nat28.tlf.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: In-Reply-To: Content-Disposition: inline List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: KUWAMURA Shin'ya , Keir Fraser Cc: xen-ia64-devel , xen-devel List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org >>> On 22.03.12 at 11:58, Keir Fraser wrote: > On 21/03/2012 08:45, "Jan Beulich" wrote: > >> Given that the ia64 port hasn't really been maintained for the last couple >> of years (I am apparently the only one to try to keep it building at least, >> but I suspect that it has been non-functional for quite a while), I'd like to >> propose to remove the port. After quite some time of trying to get an >> opinion from Intel on this, I was now notified of their agreement to this >> move. >> >> From my pov, the only thing to discuss here is whether this should >> happen right away, or after 4.2 went out (then with a formal removal >> proposal in that release - the port's state isn't being reflected correctly >> anyway in ./MAINTAINERS afaict). >> >> Thoughts? > > I don't think it would be unreasonable to remove it ahead of 4.2. It's not > been working for a long time now. Then how about waiting a few more days for eventual feedback from the supposed maintainer or the ia64 list, but remove it the latest right before -rc1? Jan