Changes in porting based on new freeBSD support model?

[Al]

On 09/12/18 05:56, Justin Hibbits wrote:
> On Sun, 9 Dec 2018 02:22:25 +0100
> Daniel Sharoh <d.sharoh at donders.ru.nl> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> Sorry if this is question is not supposed to go here. I've been using
>> the freeBSD PPC port as a desktop since 10.3, which is now EoL. I see
>> freeBSD follows a new support model, but given the tier 2 status of
>> the PPC port, it is unclear to me how closely work for PPC tracks
>> fully supported architectures. Is there conventional wisdom about
>> when upgrading PPC freeBSD is sensible? It took a good deal of effort
>> to build a working system on this old iMac G5, and I'm not sure
>> attempting an upgrade is worth it if the main development target is
>> the newer POWER systems.
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
> Hi,
>
> Although our primary new work is targeting the POWER systems, we have
> no plans to abandon the Apple PowerMac platforms.  Though I no longer
> have a working G5 for FreeBSD myself, I make every effort to debug with
> those who do, and anything that's shared with the G4 I can test on my
> various G4 systems.

Hi,

I am glad to hear that you have no plans to abandon the Apple PowerMac 
platforms.

If I find that I have a G5 PowerMac that I am not using, would you be 
interested in it?

Kind Regards,
Al