NOTE: This document should be a living document, but experience learns that the main part of the qualification process only happens near the end.
An explanation of this table can be derived from our architecture criteria page.
| amd64 | arm64 | armhf | i386 | loong64 | ppc64el | riscv64 | s390x | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| available | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| portbox | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| porters | - (w) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
| installer | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i | d-i |
| archive-coverage | 99 | 99 | 98 | 98 | 96 | 98 | 96 | 97 |
| archive-uptodate | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 | 99 |
| upstream-support | yes | yes | glibc has trouble finding qualified persons to implement security fixes | considering purpose of port only mild concern | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| buildds | 6 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 |
| buildd-dsa | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
| autopkgtest | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes | yes |
| concerns-rm | no | no | some builds are hitting the address space limit | only one porter has volunteered, some builds are hitting the address space limit |
? | - | lots of hardware is slow | no |
| concerns-srm | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | as RM concerns | ? | - | as RM concerns | as RM concerns |
| concerns-dsa | no | Mostly OK | Mostly OK | no | ? | no | host performance and OOB management (mild concern) | rely on sponsors for hardware (mild concern) |
| concerns-sec | no | no | no | no | ? | no | ? | no |
| candidate | yes | yes | yes | yes | no | yes | yes | yes |
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.