-
-<h1>Really crappy page documenting archive criteria</h1>
-
-<h2>Architectures</h2>
-
-<p><b>Release candidates:</b> alpha, amd64, hppa, i386, ia64, mips, mipsel, powerpc
-<br><b>Release hopefuls:</b> arm, s390, sparc
-
-<p><b>Requalification expected:</b> m68k
-<br><b>Future linux ports:</b> armeb
-<br><b>New OS hopefuls:</b> <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/kfreebsd-i386">kfreebsd-i386</a>, win32-i386
-
-<h2>Requirements for architectures</h2>
-
-<p>Examples: amd64, arm, armeb, m68k, s390, sparc
-
-<ul>
-<li>Is port cursed?
-<li>Are machines available to general public?
-<li>Is full source available?
-<li>Is this architecture related to other architectures already in the archive,
-or that also should be considered, either now or in the future? Can the related
-architectures be supported in a single architecture (eg, with a biarch arrangement)?
-<li>Are there 3 or more developers (or n-ms) actively maintaining the port? Who are they?
-<li>What sort of architecture is this? Desktop/workstation? Mainframe/supercomputer? Embedded? Something else?
-<li>Does it have any users? If a desktop system, are there Debian admins who
-run Debian systems on the arch? If an embedded system are there real systems
-shipping that a Debian port will be useful for? If a mainframe system are there
-real systems with many users that a Debian port will be useful for? Who are they?
-<li>Is there kernel and toolchain support? At what level? Are the latest versions supported, or are
-legacy releases required for compatability with some hardware?
-<li>Has the ABI stabalised, or are there major ABI changes coming
-up? Is the ABI stable enough to ensure users will be able just "apt-get
-dist-upgrade" from one version to the next?
-<li>How do you install a system? (URL to a HOWTO)
-<li>Has a buildd been setup? How much of the archive has been built (count by
-source package, builds of old versions are fine for this case)?
-<li>What hardware is potentially available as a fast buildd?
-<li>Is there any corporate support of this arch, and the Debian port in particular?
-<li>Is there an example box developers can login to to see if it works?
-</ul>
-
-<p>It's also worth considering whether the port has any special
-requirements. If the port is mainly for embedded systems, it may be
-appropriate to have different installation or release arrangements
-compared to normal desktop/workstation architectures.
-
-<h2>Further requirements for OSes</h2>
-
-<p>Examples: hurd, opensolaris, kfreebsd
-
-<ul>
-<li>Are there existing comprehensive free distributions of this OS? If
-so, why is a Debian distribution useful?
-<li>What demonstrable benefits does this OS have over existing Debian OSes?
-<li>Does this system have a standard Unix API?
-<li>Does the OS support modern glibc and gcc?
-<li>What is the license on the kernel and libraries? Is it free? Is it GPL
-compatible? (Note that if it's not free, building software for it violates the
-Social Contract; and if it's not GPL compatible, GPL software such as dpkg can't be
-linked to it)
-<li>Does the OS build largely without source changes? If so, what proportion of
-the archive has built?
-</ul>
-
-<p>It's worth thinking about whether it makes sense to integrate the
-port with Debian's Linux-based distribution -- having separate sources
-may not only reduce the impact on the release architectures, but also
-make it easier to do development on the new OS as well.
-
-<p>Note that if significant changes are needed to more than just a small
-number of packages, your porting team will not only need to provide
-patches for most of those changes and make sure they work, but also
-ensure they don't cause problems for existing ports.
-
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+ <h2>Definitions</h2>
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+ <th> </th>
+ <th>Example</th>
+ </tr>
+ </thead>
+ <tbody>
+ <tr class="odd">
+ <td>Architecture</td>
+ <td>amd64, armel, alpha, m68k. Basically everything that uses
+ the Linux kernel.</td>
+ </tr>
+ <tr class="even">
+ <td>OS</td>
+ <td>hurd, opensolaris, kfreebsd. Ports that do not use the
+ Linux kernel, but their own.</td>
+ </tr>
+ </tbody>
+ </table>
+
+ <p>
+ A new architecture has to follow the <em>Rules for new architectures</em>,
+ and answer all <em>Questions for new architectures</em>.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ A new OS has to follow the <em>Rules for new architectures</em> and
+ answer all <em>Questions for new architectures</em> as well as all
+ <em>Further questions for OSes</em>.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>To have the answers all at one location, please create a page below
+ <a href="http://wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/">wiki.debian.org/ArchiveQualification/</a>.
+ </p>
+
+ <h1>Rules for existing architectures</h1>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>If an architecture fails to be included in 2 successive
+ official releases, it is moved out of the official archive (and
+ away from the ftp-master.debian.org host).</li>
+
+ <li>If a removed architecture later can prove it will be able to
+ make the next official release, it can be re-included into the
+ official archive. This step additionally needs the acceptance of
+ the Security, the Release and the Debian Admin Team. (It needs
+ security autobuilders, porter machines, etc.)</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h1>Rules for new architectures</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <li>A newly included architecture has to be completely built using
+ packages available in plain Debian sources. External patches cannot
+ be used.<li>
+
+ <li>At the time of inclusion a minimal set of binary packages will be
+ imported into the archive, just enough to get build-essential ready to
+ go and an official buildd setup and running. Everything else will be
+ rebuilt from scratch. As soon as enough is rebuilt to get the initial
+ toolchain built using "native" Debian, this will be rebuilt too.</li>
+
+ <li>The packages imported from external source and used for the initial
+ build run must be signed by one of the lead porters, who must be a DD.</li>
+
+ <li>There must be at least two machines ready to be maintained
+ by the Debian System Administrators, so at the start of its
+ lifetime there will be at least one buildd and one porter machine.</br />
+
+ The inclusion into the archive will almost certainly happen before
+ the machines are handed over to DSA, but this should happen as
+ soon as feasible afterwards.
+
+ (Note that this is the minimum to get into the archive. The release team
+ may have additional requirements to allow the architecture to release, so
+ there would normally need to be more machines, especially more buildds.)
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <h1>Questions for new architectures</h1>
+ <ul>
+ <!-- <li>Is port cursed?</li> -->
+ <li>Are machines available to buy for the general public?</li>
+ <li>Is full source available?</li>
+ <li>Is this architecture related to other architectures already in
+ the archive, or that also should be considered, either now or in
+ the future? Can the related architectures be supported in a single
+ architecture (eg, with a biarch arrangement)?</li>
+ <li>Are there 3 or more developers (or NMs) actively maintaining
+ the port? Who are they?</li>
+ <li>What sort of architecture is this? Desktop/workstation?
+ Mainframe/supercomputer? Embedded? Something else?</li>
+ <li>Does it have any users? If a desktop system, are there Debian
+ admins who run Debian systems on the arch? If an embedded system
+ are there real systems shipping that a Debian port will be useful
+ for? If a mainframe system are there real systems with many users
+ that a Debian port will be useful for? Who are they?</li>
+ <li>Is there kernel and toolchain support? At what level? Are the
+ latest versions supported, or are legacy releases required for
+ compatability with some hardware?</li>
+ <li>Has the ABI stabalised, or are there major ABI changes coming
+ up? Is the ABI stable enough to ensure users will be able just
+ "apt-get dist-upgrade" from one version to the next?</li>
+ <li>How do you install a system? (URL to a HOWTO)</li>
+ <li>Has a buildd been setup? How much of the archive has been
+ built (count by source package, builds of old versions are fine
+ for this case)?</li>
+ <li>What hardware is potentially available as a fast buildd?</li>
+ <li>Is there an example box developers can login to to see if it
+ works?</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>It's also worth considering whether the port has any special
+ requirements. If the port is mainly for embedded systems, it may be
+ appropriate to have different installation or release arrangements
+ compared to normal desktop/workstation architectures.</p>
+
+ <h1>Further questions for OSes</h1>
+
+ <ul>
+ <li>Are there existing comprehensive free distributions of this OS? If
+ so, why is a Debian distribution useful?</li>
+ <li>What demonstrable benefits does this OS have over existing
+ Debian OSes?</li>
+ <li>Does this system have a standard Unix API?</li>
+ <li>Does the OS support modern glibc and gcc?</li>
+ <li>What is the license on the kernel and core libraries? Is the license
+ free? Is the license GPL compatible? (Note that if it's not free, distributing
+ the software violates the Social Contract; and if it's not GPL compatible,
+ GPL software such as dpkg can't be linked to it)</li>
+ <li>Does the OS build largely without source changes? If so, what proportion of
+ the archive has built?</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>It's worth thinking about whether it makes sense to integrate the
+ port with Debian's Linux-based distribution -- having separate sources
+ may not only reduce the impact on the release architectures, but also
+ make it easier to do development on the new OS as well.</p>
+
+ <p>Note that if significant changes are needed to more than just a small
+ number of packages, your porting team will not only need to provide
+ patches for most of those changes and make sure they work, but also
+ ensure they don't cause problems for existing ports.</p>
+
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