From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: MattS@ilx.com Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 15:20:30 +0000 Subject: RE: Now that UltraLinux is Dead MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01BE918A.A6F5CD96" Message-Id: List-Id: References: In-Reply-To: To: ultralinux@vger.kernel.org This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01BE918A.A6F5CD96 Content-Type: text/plain well, that's what I meant :) UltraPenguin. Not UltraLinux.. Sorry.. My mistake.. > -----Original Message----- > From: Jakub Jelinek [SMTP:jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz] > Sent: Wednesday, April 28, 1999 11:20 AM > To: MattS@ilx.com > Cc: ultralinux@vger.rutgers.edu > Subject: Re: Now that UltraLinux is Dead > > > Everyone seems to be shocked and/or dismayed that the UltraLinux project > is > > no more..Since this decision has already been made, and seems > unchangeable, > > I would like to turn to more practical matters and thank everyone who > > contributed to the project. I haven't been using UP for very long, but > the > > experience I had was a very positive one, and I just bought two Old > Sparc's > > to hack on because I enjoyed working w/ linux on the sparc so much. > > UltraLinux project is definitely not dead, so you don't have to be > shocked. > We'll definitely continue working on Linux for SPARC machines (be it > kernel > work or userland stuff). The issue is just I spent quite a few hours a > week > maintaining a distribution, and those hours will be better spent hacking > kernel, X servers, 64bit userland and other things. > > UltraPenguin was a distribution created so that users can easily try out > what we hacked on. In 1.0, it was just a few packages changed against > RedHat > 4.2, 1.1 was a bunch of changes because at the time we created it there > was > no glibc based distribution for SPARCs, then RedHat came with glibc based > 5.1 and later 5.2 and UltraPenguin 1.1.9 was that plus a bunch of changes > we > did during the time. Now it does not make sense to keep maintaining the > whole distribution any longer. What we hack up will either David publish > as > RedHat errata (if it will be important bugfix), or we can publish it on my > ftp site, but still as a single rpm or a couple of rpms you update into > your > distribution. And the upcoming changes like finally a real 64bit userland > will hopefully appear in any distribution you will choice, be it RedHat > X.Y > or Debian Z.W. > > Cheers, > Jakub > ___________________________________________________________________ > Jakub Jelinek | jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz > Administrator of SunSITE Czech Republic, MFF, Charles University > ___________________________________________________________________ > UltraLinux | http://ultra.linux.cz/ | http://ultra.penguin.cz/ > Linux version 2.2.5 on a sparc64 machine (3958.37 BogoMips) > ___________________________________________________________________ ------_=_NextPart_001_01BE918A.A6F5CD96 Content-Type: text/html Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: Now that UltraLinux is Dead

well, that's what I = meant :) UltraPenguin. Not UltraLinux.. Sorry.. My mistake..

    -----Original Message-----
    From:   Jakub Jelinek = [SMTP:jj@sunsite.ms.mff.cuni.cz]
    Sent:   Wednesday, April 28, 1999 11:20 AM
    To:     MattS@ilx.com
    Cc:     ultralinux@vger.rutgers.edu
    Subject:       = Re: Now that UltraLinux is = Dead

    > Everyone seems to be shocked = and/or dismayed that the UltraLinux project is
    > no more..Since this decision has = already been made, and seems unchangeable,
    > I would like to turn to more = practical matters and thank everyone who
    > contributed to the project. I = haven't been using UP for very long, but the
    > experience I had was a very = positive one, and I just bought two Old Sparc's
    > to hack on because I enjoyed = working w/ linux on the sparc so much.

    UltraLinux project is definitely not = dead, so you don't have to be shocked.
    We'll definitely continue working on = Linux for SPARC machines (be it kernel
    work or userland stuff). The issue is = just I spent quite a few hours a week
    maintaining a distribution, and those = hours will be better spent hacking
    kernel, X servers, 64bit userland and = other things.

    UltraPenguin was a distribution = created so that users can easily try out
    what we hacked on. In 1.0, it was = just a few packages changed against RedHat
    4.2, 1.1 was a bunch of changes = because at the time we created it there was
    no glibc based distribution for = SPARCs, then RedHat came with glibc based
    5.1 and later 5.2 and UltraPenguin = 1.1.9 was that plus a bunch of changes we
    did during the time. Now it does not = make sense to keep maintaining the
    whole distribution any longer. What = we hack up will either David publish as
    RedHat errata (if it will be = important bugfix), or we can publish it on my
    ftp site, but still as a single rpm = or a couple of rpms you update into your
    distribution. And the upcoming = changes like finally a real 64bit userland
    will hopefully appear in any = distribution you will choice, be it RedHat X.Y
    or Debian Z.W.

    Cheers,
        Jakub
    _________________________________________________________= __________
    Jakub Jelinek | = jj@sunsite.mff.cuni.cz | http://sunsite.mff.cuni.cz
    Administrator of SunSITE Czech = Republic, MFF, Charles University
    _________________________________________________________= __________
    UltraLinux  |  = http://ultra.linux.cz/  |  http://ultra.penguin.cz/
    Linux version 2.2.5 on a sparc64 = machine (3958.37 BogoMips)
    _________________________________________________________= __________

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