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Re: restoration of ia64
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 10:51 PM, Mike Frysinger <vapier@gentoo.org> wrote:
> On Friday 13 April 2012 00:07:46 Roland McGrath wrote:
>> > i'll start with the commit that deleted it and see about getting it
>> > building from there.
>>
>> I gave those details to point out that if you just get it building in the
>> most straightforward way then there will still be bad duplication of code
>> that we don't want let sneak in. ?So please follow up on those issues
>> before submitting the revived port.
>
> sure. ?i just meant i'd do the logic thing and get it building first, then
> apply updates after that.
>
> anyways, up-to-date port has been sent out. ?if people are happy with it, i'll
> list myself as the maintainer on the wiki and get it restored.
If it works, and you're happy to maintain it, then by all means please:
* Add yourself to the wiki under MAINTAINERS for ia64.
* Break up your patch into logical units per Roland's recommendations
e.g. restoration, then fixes.
* Start submitting and checking in patches.
Cheers,
Carlos.