NOTE: This document should be a living document, but experience learns that the main part of the qualification process only happens near the end.
| amd64 | arm64 | armel | armhf | i386 | mips64el | mipsel | ppc64el | riscv64 | s390x | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| available | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| portbox | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| porters | - (w) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| installer | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i |
| archive-coverage | 99 | 99 | 97 | 98 | 98 | 97 | 97 | 98 | 96 | 97 |
| archive-uptodate | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| upstream-support | yes | yes | glibc has trouble finding qualified persons to implement security fixes, might be special because the use of the libatomics library is mandatory |
glibc has trouble finding qualified persons to implement security fixes | no: missing CPU security mitigations in Linux kernel | no: no upstream support in GCC, unaddressed test failures in binutils |
no: no upstream support in GCC, unaddressed test failures in binutils |
yes | yes | yes |
| buildds | 5 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
| buildd-dsa | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes |
| autopkgtest | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | no | yes | yes | yes |
| concerns-rm | no | no | some builds are hitting the address space limit | some builds are hitting the address space limit | only one porter has volunteered, some builds are hitting the address space limit |
builders are extremely slow (also per kernel team), only one porter has volunteered, lack of autopkgtest infrastructure, future availability of hardware |
builders are extremely slow (also per kernel team), only one porter has volunteered, some builds are hitting the address space limit, lack of autopkgtest infrastructure, future availability of hardware |
only one porter has volunteered | too late | no |
| concerns-srm | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns |
| concerns-dsa | no | yes: unstable and ageing hardware | yes: unstable and ageing hardware | yes: unstable and ageing hardware | no | yes: non-server-grade hardware time sink for DSA and hosters |
yes: non-server-grade hardware time sink for DSA and hosters |
hosting is not great, effectively not redundant. Unclear what our options are regarding purchasing hardware. |
? | rely on sponsors for hardware (mild concern) |
| concerns-sec | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | no | ? | no |
| candidate | yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | no | ? |
Waivers
amd64
Porters
Our toolchain maintainers are happy to support amd64 as-is.
The source for this page can be found in the Release Team's git archive.