Gentoo Linux PowerPC DevelopmentThe Gentoo/PPC Project works to ensure that Gentoo is the most up to date and robust PowerPC distribution available for both server and desktop applications. Bugs are tracked and resolved from the Gentoo bug tracker. For PowerPC bugs, please see this link. Correspondence is maintained on the PowerPC related mailing lists, gentoo-ppc-user and gentoo-ppc-dev. For more information on PowerPC mailing lists, please see the Gentoo Mailing list overview. Additionally, the PowerPC team is almost always available in #gentoo-ppc on freenode. 2006-07-01: New toolchain and Xorg We switched to gcc-4.1.1 and glibc-2.4 this week. For upgrading read the GCC Upgrade Guide. When you upgrade Xorg-7, read the Migrating to Modular X HOWTO. Our next general meeting will be held on July 31st, 2005 at 19:00 UTC, in #gentoo-ppc-meeting on freenode. We hold our monthly meetings on the last Sunday of each month. There is an open floor at the end of each meeting. See you there! The PowerPC team had some available positions which were filled uncontested. The structure of the Gentoo/PPC team is now:
The goal of the Gentoo PowerPC development project is to guarantee that the PowerPC packages built using Gentoo meta-data (ebuilds) are functional and up to date. By continuously testing new packages, maintaining existing packages and providing user support, the Gentoo PowerPC team provides the PowerPC user with a modern distro based on community, performance and freedom. Utilizing Gentoo's meta-data based distribution allows a user to to be as bleeding edge or as conservative as is desired. Gentoo is unique because all of its supported architectures share the same generic meta-data information (ebuilds) which describe how to build packages. These packages are combined to form the foundation of this distribution. The PowerPC developers are responsible for building and testing ebuilds and marking them as tested (~ppc) or stable (ppc). Our users can use this information, along with the portage application, to build a system that suits their needs, whether it is a stable server or a bleeding edge desktop system.
All developers can be reached by e-mail using nickname@gentoo.org. The Gentoo PPC project has the following subprojects:
The Gentoo PPC project maintains the following herds:
Can you make computers do amazing things? Are you excited about exploring areas of computing never explored before? We are continuously looking for volunteers willing to spend some of their free time on this project. If you are interested in helping, but don't have a niche that you are interested in filling, you can always look through our bugs. There are always packages that need to be tested, bugs waiting to be found and fixed and enhancements waiting for someone to code them. Feel free to ask the PPC development team on IRC what you can help us with! for more information on how the PPC team recruits please read our recruitment page. |
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