Let’s check in, say, 3 years from now and see if this is still a thing. Supporting an orphan arch is a massive commitment, and Itanic has/had nowhere near the nostalgia value of, say, VAX or mc68k.
You are right, but the thing is that Torvalds said “maintain it out of tree for a year and I’ll look at re-integrating it” – and it looks like that has in fact happened. It just happened quietly.
Yes, I think so, too. And they use a pseudonym, don’t or won’t email me with details, and think that posting a comment on a Reg article counts as “sending a correction”, which it really does not.
Even so, heroic effort, and we are approaching the one-year-out-of-tree ultimatum Torvalds set. It may return, at least for a while.
Following on from discussion at: https://lobste.rs/s/s70ssi/push_save_linux_on_itanium
@merwe said it wouldn’t happen, I agreed and quoted them.
Looks like we were wrong.
Let’s check in, say, 3 years from now and see if this is still a thing. Supporting an orphan arch is a massive commitment, and Itanic has/had nowhere near the nostalgia value of, say, VAX or mc68k.
You are right, but the thing is that Torvalds said “maintain it out of tree for a year and I’ll look at re-integrating it” – and it looks like that has in fact happened. It just happened quietly.
Maintained by, near as I can figure from the git repo, basically one person. Admittedly my git-fu is weak, so perhaps I’m missing something.
That’s a commendable effort, not a sustainable one.
Yes, I think so, too. And they use a pseudonym, don’t or won’t email me with details, and think that posting a comment on a Reg article counts as “sending a correction”, which it really does not.
Even so, heroic effort, and we are approaching the one-year-out-of-tree ultimatum Torvalds set. It may return, at least for a while.