future for FBSD on alpha

[Richard J. Valenta]

I'm using it for an old DS20 server downstairs... the machine doesn't get the use it used to, but I like having a stable OS on it... and love FreeBSD's server environment.  So, if you weren't counting me - add me to the list...

 
Richard J. Valenta 
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-freebsd-alpha at freebsd.org [mailto:owner-freebsd-alpha at freebsd.org] On Behalf Of Anton Shterenlikht
Sent: Thursday, July 31, 2008 5:10 PM
To: freebsd-alpha at freebsd.org
Subject: future for FBSD on alpha

I wonder how many people run FBSD on alpha.
According to bsdstats.org very few - less than 5 boxes.
There must be more.

Is there a way to find out how many people are on this list?
Is it a good indicator?

I, for one, am very keen to have some level of support
for FBSD on alpha, even at 6-stable branch. However,
if the actual usage is indeed very small, it must be expected
that ports maintainers will stop supporting alpha soon.

I'm trying to find out if there are people on this list, who,
like myself, are keen to see FBSD supported on alpha
for say 1-3 more years. If yes, we might be able to lobby
ports maintainers not to drop support for alpha ports.

I'm thinking at the moment about gcc42, firefox3, lapack, lapack95,
blas.

many thanks
anton

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Anton Shterenlikht
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