Re: Preparation for creating netbsd-7 branch

[Izumi Tsutsui <tsutsui%ceres.dti.ne.jp@localhost>]

skrll@ wrote:

> On 07/21/14 06:49, Izumi Tsutsui wrote:
> > matt@ wrote:
> >
> >>> For the next release, core/releng should decide per current 
> >>> implementation:
> >>> - how the default userland MACHINE_ARCH should be deteremined
> >> What do you mean by default?
> > "What (and how) MACHINE_ARCH should releng (binary builders) specify
> >   for each arm port on NetBSD 7.0 release?"
> 
> Personally, I hope we'll see builds for most (probably no need for v[67] 
> sf) MACHINE_ARCH values. As matt said the RPI needs all the help it can 
> get :)

releng already says we don't have enough resources.

> >
> >>> - how to handle migration from old ABI to new one on sysinst
> >> In essence, this is no different from upgrading an i386 userland to an 
> >> amd64 userland.
> > So, your answer is
> > "We will never prepare such upgrade path"
> > right?
> 
> I don't know how you got from Matt's statement to your question. I think 
> there are solutions here.

Where?

There is no upgrade path from i386 to amd64 in sysinst.
(we only had a.out to ELF)

> >
> >>> - which MACHINE_ARCH binaries should be prepared for official packages
> >>> etc. for the new MACHINE_ARCH strategies.
> >> I have not seen an ARMv6 or ARMv7 machine without floating point yet.
> > It doesn't answer the question at all.
> >
> > The question is "which MACHINE_ARCH".
> 
> I think the answer is "the best one for your hardware".

I'm asking about "for official packages", not mine.

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Izumi Tsutsui