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Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux]
From: |
Mathieu Othacehe |
Subject: |
Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux] |
Date: |
Fri, 15 Jan 2021 10:54:06 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/27.1 (gnu/linux) |
Hello Vincent,
> I even attempted building the pinebook pro image without success.
It seems that Caliph Nomble succeeded to build a Pinebook Pro image and
booted it, without graphics, after a few fixes:
https://issues.guix.gnu.org/45584.
You may want to try again :).
>> There is almost no armhf hardware that is suitable
>> for a build-from-source distro in terms of performance, thermal design
>> and suitable storage (SD cards will not last for unless you pay a huge
>> amount for the absolute highest quality). Binary distros like Trisquel
>> are a much better option for armhf.
>
> The cross buildability *should* be kind of a solution for this.
Yes we could always decide to stop supporting native ARMv7 substitutes
and only focus on the cross-building to provide ready to use image for
this architecture.
>> All that is not a reason to not support armhf, but if nobody is using
>> it, then we should officially deprecate it, and not leave it in this
>> in-between state.
>
> I'm not using it because I can't make it work.
Don't hesitate to report the issues you encountered!
Thanks,
Mathieu
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability i686-linux], (continued)
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Leo Famulari, 2021/01/13
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Leo Famulari, 2021/01/15
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/16
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Mathieu Othacehe, 2021/01/17
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/17
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/17
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Mathieu Othacehe, 2021/01/17
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/17
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Mathieu Othacehe, 2021/01/17
- Re: Staging branch [substitute availability armhf-linux], Vincent Legoll, 2021/01/17