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[Phill Whiteside <PhillW@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Jonathan,

sorry for the long delay, it was weekend and Nicholas has been in meetings
today.

For server-ppc, what is needed is where the test cases are simply wrong
(such as check the processor you have) etc. and which are applicable.
Whilst I can try to do an install via qemu (and most certainly will), what
would really help is if you could point out the glaring errors on the
'mandatory' and 'test once' cases. I can then edit the ones with errors and
remove any that are N/A for ppc. As long as we get the new test suite done
in time for the RC sequence, and they all pass... server-ppc will pass.

I can edit up the test cases, they will then need idiot checking (for typos
and missing bits). This need not be all done on one day, you go through
them as you get chance and tell me what needs altering and I'll get it done
(Yeah, okay... it's out of the bag now... I'm a test case editor).

Regards,

Phill.

On 2 October 2012 01:54, Jonathan Marsden <jmarsden@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 1, 2012, at 04:49 PM, UH wrote:
>
> > Just a question regard what Phill said: Do i understand right that
> > means, if you, coding ppc people, do not find a solution without any
> > need of bricolage there will be no release for 12.10 ppc? And, in that
> > case ppc will come to the end with 12.04 LTS?
>
> As long as we test the Ubuntu Server PPC image sufficiently, that one
> should officially go through and be released in 12.10. Since it has no X
> at all, it really should work fine!
>
> So, a failure to find a thoroughly workable solution for X on PPC for
> 12.10 will not, as I see it, mean the end of PPC, just six months of no
>    official PPC GUI release from Ubuntu.
>
> I can't yet get the Lubuntu Desktop or Alternate ISOs to boot to a GUI
> on a borrowed Powerbook G4 with an nVidia card in it.  But Ubuntu Server
> installs and runs fine for me on that hardware.  Will try the 20121001
> daily tonight if I can.
>
> Jonathan
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