Re: pkg/43726 (Tru64: sysutils/dbus fails to compile because Tru64 is lacking vsyslog() implementation)

[Chris Pinnock <chris_pinnock%mac.com@localhost>]

The PRs are accessible even if they are closed.
We do not intend to drop support for Tru64 - the problem is we need some way of working on it.
I do not intend to remove any logic from the pkgsrc tree.
Kind regards
Chris


> On 9 Feb 2021, at 19:37, Rumi Szabolcs <rumi%rtfm.hu@localhost> wrote:
> 
> Hi Chris,
> 
> Obviously it'd have to be a pkgsrc many years more recent if we'd try
> again. I understand your intent of cleaning up old stale PRs, however
> I've got two questions:
> 
> 1.) Will these PRs remain accessible by searching for closed PRs?
> Some of the hints recorded in them might help solving issues even
> with much newer versions of software as the Tru64 side is pretty
> much the same as it was a few years ago?
> 
> 2.) Will closing these PRs mean that Tru64 as a consideration
> will sink from the conscious into oblivion?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sab
> 
> 
> On Tue, 9 Feb 2021 19:04:29 +0000
> Chris Pinnock <chris_pinnock%mac.com@localhost> wrote:
> 
>> We’d love to keep it alive if we can. Unfortunately we don’t have anyone with test kit at the moment, so it is difficult to test. The other option would be to get it working on an emulator somehow.
>> 
>> Are you ok if I close this PR in the meantime? Even if we get a Tru64 box, we’ll need to start from scratch with the latest
>> bootstrap.
>> 
>> Kind regards
>> Chris
>> 
>>> On 9 Feb 2021, at 19:00, Rumi Szabolcs <rumi%rtfm.hu@localhost> wrote:
>>> 
>>> The following reply was made to PR pkg/43726; it has been noted by GNATS.
>>> 
>>> From: Rumi Szabolcs <rumi%rtfm.hu@localhost>
>>> To: gnats-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost
>>> Cc: cjep%NetBSD.org@localhost, cjep%netbsd.org@localhost, osf1-pkg-people%NetBSD.org@localhost,
>>> pkgsrc-bugs%netbsd.org@localhost, gnats-admin%netbsd.org@localhost
>>> Subject: Re: pkg/43726 (Tru64: sysutils/dbus fails to compile because Tru64
>>> is lacking vsyslog() implementation)
>>> Date: Tue, 9 Feb 2021 17:40:50 +0000
>>> 
>>> Hi Cjep,
>>> 
>>> Unfortunately can't right now as my Alpha kit is tucked away in a
>>> corner 1000 miles away.
>>> 
>>> However with this rate of response it's simply not viable to do this.
>>> The kit is huge, loud, and expensive to run so if I'd drag it out into
>>> the middle of my room and managed to fire it up without tripping the
>>> circuit breakers we'd better have a few developers lined up to fix the
>>> PRs quickly as they come up. There would be plenty to fix. I've filed
>>> a flurry of PRs back in the day when I've first attempted a bootstrap
>>> and didn't even get 10% of the way of compiling pkgsrc before I got
>>> stuck. These are my memories from many years ago.
>>> 
>>> It'd be nice to keep pkgsrc on Tru64 alive though as that pretty much
>>> means keeping Tru64 alive as a viable OS.
>>> 
>>> Thank you for caring about Tru64/AXP!
>>> 
>>> Kind regards,
>>> 
>>> Sab
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On Tue,  9 Feb 2021 17:13:44 +0000 (UTC)
>>> cjep%NetBSD.org@localhost wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Synopsis: Tru64: sysutils/dbus fails to compile because Tru64 is lacking vsyslog() implementation
>>>> 
>>>> Responsible-Changed-From-To: osf1-pkg-people->cjep
>>>> Responsible-Changed-By: cjep%NetBSD.org@localhost
>>>> Responsible-Changed-When: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:13:44 +0000
>>>> Responsible-Changed-Why:
>>>> Taking a look at OSF1 bugs
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> State-Changed-From-To: open->feedback
>>>> State-Changed-By: cjep%NetBSD.org@localhost
>>>> State-Changed-When: Tue, 09 Feb 2021 17:13:44 +0000
>>>> State-Changed-Why:
>>>> Hi - apologies this is a very old PR. Are you able to test pkgsrc-current
>>>> on Tru64?
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>