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[Chris Pavlina <pavlina.chris@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Mar 07, 2017 at 08:04:17PM +0100, Simon Richter wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Am 07.03.2017 um 14:36 schrieb Tomasz Wlostowski:
> 
> > The attached patch removes boost::context dependency by introducing a
> > single-file libcontext that automatically detects the compiler &
> > platform and provides a stable API, contrary to the Boost libs. If you
> > have some spare time, please test it, in particular on Windows and OSX.
> 
> Queued as
> 
> http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/windows-kicad-msys2-patch/665/
> 
> http://ci.kicad-pcb.org/job/windows-kicad-msvc-patch/10/
> 
> > I verified the library (outside Kicad) on
> > Win32/Win64/Linux-i386/Linux-x86/64, OSX/x86_64, Linux/ARM and
> > Linux/Aarch64. Compared to boost, there is no support for Sparc and PPC
> > platforms. If anyone here pops up willing to test the Sparc/PPC support,
> > I can add it.
> 
> Debian is definitely unhappy when packages drop release architectures,
> so it should be possible to rouse someone there.

Honestly, as far as I'm concerned, Debian can sit and spin if they're
displeased that we've dropped PPC. They're welcome to step up and
provide the testing and support themselves.

> 
>    Simon
>