Hi Chris, thanks for the quick reply,
> * Since Fedora ARM isn't an official release or secondary
> architecture yet, is it possible to ship a legal Fedora remix
> using its packages?
As I understand it, ARM is a recognized SA, so it should be fine
to ship a remix based on it.
Oh, cool; I didn't realize it was already an SA. That's great to hear.
The previous ARM build farm was decommissioned, and a new one is
being built, with some corresponding team changes. The status
right now is that the shipment of new build hardware (a farm of
GuruPlugs) was delayed due to a design defect; a revised version
of hardware is supposed to be shipped next week. In the interim,
there are two builders available.
Would it help if we bought some Sheevaplugs, put them online as koji
builders and gave access to Fedora developers? That sounds like
something we could do.
Oh, and has anyone experimented to see whether qemu-arm on a fast x86
box with lots of RAM performs faster compiles than a SheevaPlug?
Two things would be really helpful:
- Point us to a list of packages you are using in your Remix, so
we can put priority on those as we triage build failures.
Sure. Here's the list, we're currently on F11:
http://build.laptop.org/10.2.0/os125/os125.packages.txt
- When the time comes (soon!), help get the ARM patches
upstream. This includes both packaging patches and source
patches.
Okay! Feel free to ask for specific help on the list or IRC channel
as well.
Thanks,
- Chris.
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Chris Ball <cjb(a)laptop.org>
One Laptop Per Child