[OpenIndiana-discuss] Where should SPARC go?

[openindiana at out-side.nl]

Have a look at Dilos, it is a smartOS derivate and seems to have SPARC 
support

On Sun, 17 Nov 2019 11:14:29 +0100
  Andreas Wacknitz <A.Wacknitz at gmx.de> wrote:
> Am 17.11.19 um 01:46 schrieb Gary Mills:
>> I have a series of questions to ask the members of this mailing 
>>list.
>> I have information to share with you as well.  I already have 
>>partial
>> answers to most of the questions, but I'd still like to hear from 
>>you.
>>
>> First of all, how much interest do you have in OI on SPARC?  My
> As I have some old SPARC gear, I am interested in having OI on 
>SPARC.
>> interest is as a developer and tester.  What is your interest?
>> I'd like to determine the size of the audience.
> My interest in SPARC has almost vanished. I still own an E250 
>(US-II), a
> Blade 2000, a Blade 2500 and an Ultra 45.
> Most of the time these machines only collect dust.
> 
>>
>> How should I contribute to OI on SPARC?  I have plans to build more
>> packages, and to do so with fewer changes to the OI source.  I also
>> have plans to update the distribution from the current 2018 to 2019 
>>or
>> 2020.  Does this sound reasonable to you?
> Yes. I have downloaded your first release. Alas I had no time to 
>install
> it on one of my machines yet.
>>
>> How should you contribute to OI on SPARC?  I've filed bug reports
>> for many of the changes I've made.  They can be seen at:
>>
>>     https://www.illumos.org/projects/openindiana/issues
>>
>> I've attached patches to each bug report, but in order for these
>> patches to be integrated into the OI source, the patches need to be
>> turned into PRs for github.  They also need to be tested on x86 to
>> make sure they don't accidentally change anything there.  Can you 
>>help
>> with any of this?  Can you build packages for SPARC from OI source?
> I can help here as I am mildly experienced with Hipster's build 
>system
> on x86 and have a few build machines here.
> The biggest hindrance here is lack of time.
> 
>> Can you help in any other way?
>>
>> What type of repository do you prefer?  Should it be file-based, as 
>>it
>> is now, or should it be remote, as for OI x86?  The repository will
> Best would be a remote repository as we have it with OI x86. Do we 
>have
> an "official" build system for SPARC?
> The old gear is loud and power hungry.
>> only get larger, as people build more packages and publish them. 
>> Will
>> you download such a large file?  I don't know of any way to merge
>> repositories, so there must be only one.
>>
>> Finally, who should coordinate OI on SPARC?  Should this be done by
>> the OI project, or should it be done separately?  Keep in mind that 
>>OI
> I am not sure whether the actual project members will have enough 
>free
> cycles to master an additional architecture.
> We are very few and at the moment nobody seems to have a lot of time
> that could be devoted to OI.
> 
>> SPARC uses OI source.  Most of it builds and publishes with no
>> changes.  When changes are necessary, my plan has been to introduce
>> them with no harm to x86 packages built from the same source. 
>> Indeed,
>> some of the changes fix bugs in the corresponding x86 packages. 
>> Also
>> keep in mind that IPS is designed to handle multiple architectures,
>> making it easy to integrate SPARC with x86.  In fact, this is 
>>already
>> done for illumos.
>>
>>
> Maybe Everycity is also willing to sponsor to host a SPARC 
>repository
> like they are doing for x86 now.
> I doubt that they can provide a build environment for it.
> 
> Regards,
> Andreas
> 
> 
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