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Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] Should we drop armhf (armv6) support with 3.10 release?
From: Leonardo Arena <rnalrd@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 04 Apr 2019 19:17:23 +0200
To: Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@bitmessage.ch>
CC: Alpine-devel <alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org>,Natanael Copa <ncopa@alpinelinux.org>
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I did not imagine there was such a large adoption among the phones=2E

I de=
finitely reconsider my position=2E :)

Thanks!

Il giorno 4 apr 2019, 19:02=
, alle ore 19:02, Oliver Smith <ollieparanoid@bitmessage=2Ech> ha scritto:
=
>Hello Natanael,
>
>I would strongly prefer if we don't drop armhf on such =
short notice=2E As
>you know, postmarketOS uses Alpine's repositories (with=
 some extra
>packages on top)=2E We have device specific packages for each =
phone /
>other target device, and right now there are only 16 armv7 devices=

>compared to 80 armhf devices=2E
>
>If we have to drop armhf any time soon=
 (which is understandable
>considering the resources you have mentioned), t=
hen I would suggest to
>do it in 3=2E11 and explicitly mention it in the 3=
=2E10 release notes=2E
>
>Thanks,
>Oliver
>
>Natanael Copa:
>> Hi,
>> 
>> I=
 wonder if can drop armhf (armv6) support with the 3=2E10 release, now
>> t=
hat we have armv7?
>> 
>> In practice it means that we no longer support Ra=
spberry PI 1 and
>Zero=2E
>> 
>> We will still support those with alpine v3=
=2E9 for another year=2E
>> 
>> I believe dropping armhf (armv6) will save =
some resources when it
>comes
>> to managing build servers, disk space, spe=
nding time on fixing armhf
>> specific problems=2E
>> 
>> We may also optim=
ize the vanilla kernel better for armv7, which
>> currently uses same confi=
g as armv6=2E
>> 
>> What do you think, can we drop armhf for v3=2E10 or sh=
ould we wait til
>> v3=2E11?
>> 
>> -nc
>> 
>> 
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<html><head></head><body><div dir=3D"auto">I did not imagine there was such=
 a large adoption among the phones=2E<br><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">I def=
initely reconsider my position=2E :)<br><br></div>
<div dir=3D"auto">Thanks=
!</div>
<div class=3D"gmail_quote" >Il giorno 4 apr 2019, alle ore 19:02, O=
liver Smith &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ollieparanoid@bitmessage=2Ech" target=3D"=
_blank">ollieparanoid@bitmessage=2Ech</a>&gt; ha scritto:<blockquote class=
=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0=2E8ex; border-left: 1px sol=
id rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
<pre class=3D"blue">Hello Natan=
ael,<br><br>I would strongly prefer if we don't drop armhf on such short no=
tice=2E As<br>you know, postmarketOS uses Alpine's repositories (with some =
extra<br>packages on top)=2E We have device specific packages for each phon=
e /<br>other target device, and right now there are only 16 armv7 devices<b=
r>compared to 80 armhf devices=2E<br><br>If we have to drop armhf any time =
soon (which is understandable<br>considering the resources you have mention=
ed), then I would suggest to<br>do it in 3=2E11 and explicitly mention it i=
n the 3=2E10 release notes=2E<br><br>Thanks,<br>Oliver<br><br>Natanael Copa=
:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin: 0pt 0pt 1ex 0=2E8ex=
; border-left: 1px solid #729fcf; padding-left: 1ex;"> Hi,<br> <br> I wonde=
r if can drop armhf (armv6) support with the 3=2E10 release, now<br> that w=
e have armv7?<br> <br> In practice it means that we no longer support Raspb=
erry PI 1 and Zero=2E<br> <br> We will still support those with alpine v3=
=2E9 for another year=2E<br> <br> I believe dropping armhf (armv6) will sav=
e some resources when it comes<br> to managing build servers, disk space, s=
pending time on fixing armhf<br> specific problems=2E<br> <br> We may also =
optimize the vanilla kernel better for armv7, which<br> currently uses same=
 config as armv6=2E<br> <br> What do you think, can we drop armhf for v3=2E=
10 or should we wait til<br> v3=2E11?<br> <br> -nc<br> <br> <br> ---<br> Un=
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