From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [131.179.128.68]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 782693858031 for ; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 23:51:27 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org 782693858031 Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=cs.ucla.edu Authentication-Results: sourceware.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=eggert@cs.ucla.edu Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DE281600CD; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:51:26 -0800 (PST) Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10032) with ESMTP id vFDwkty-u4hz; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:51:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTP id C16DD1600E0; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:51:25 -0800 (PST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at zimbra.cs.ucla.edu Received: from zimbra.cs.ucla.edu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (zimbra.cs.ucla.edu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10026) with ESMTP id 13KAGRrHJSbp; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:51:25 -0800 (PST) Received: from [192.168.1.9] (cpe-23-243-218-95.socal.res.rr.com [23.243.218.95]) by zimbra.cs.ucla.edu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 97F381600CD; Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:51:25 -0800 (PST) To: Florian Weimer References: <87r1lzoidk.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> From: Paul Eggert Organization: UCLA Computer Science Department Cc: GNU C Library , debian-ia64@lists.debian.org Subject: Re: RFC: Deprecate ia64 in glibc 2.34 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 1 Feb 2021 15:51:25 -0800 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.6.1 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <87r1lzoidk.fsf@oldenburg.str.redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-4.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, KAM_DMARC_STATUS, KAM_NUMSUBJECT, NICE_REPLY_A, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: libc-alpha@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Libc-alpha mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Feb 2021 23:51:30 -0000 On 2/1/21 8:36 AM, Florian Weimer via Libc-alpha wrote: > [PATCH] NEWS: Deprecate ia64-linux-gnu > >=20 > Consensus was not to deprecate the architecture, I think. But the > binutils deprecation wasn't mentioned in the discussion. I just now reviewed that thread, and in it Adhemerval mentioned=20 binutils' ia64 support as an argument for sticking with ia64 in glibc.=20 If binutils has deprecated, that argument goes away. That thread also mentioned that Jason Duerstock volunteered in July 2019=20 to be the ia64 maintainer for GCC. However, although he submitted=20 copyright paperwork I don't see any commits by him in GCC master, and=20 the debian-ia64@lists.debian.org archive contains no email from him=20 since then, neither of which is a good sign. I'll cc this email to debian-ia64 to see if anyone there has further=20 info re GCC on ia64.