Fedora core for the Itanium

[Jeremy Katz]

On Fri, 2006-03-24 at 10:59 -0700, Jason Connor wrote:
> Are there any plans for doing stable releases of fedora core for ia64?

There are some interested people on fedora-ia64-list

> I've seen the rawhide tree for the platform, but with the recent
> pledges from intel, hp, and others to put more money into the
> platform, I think it might be time to release fedora for end users on
> it.

Realistically, for this to happen, there needs to be the following
a) A community of users working to get an initial unofficial release
ready and out (cf the original x86_64 and ppc releases in FC1 and FC3,
respectively)
b) See what sort of uptake there is.  There's going to have to be a
community to support the effort, especially as one requirement is going
to be active testing and helping with problems in Extras
c) Figure out a plan to get build support in Extras -- this involves
getting a box(es) that is suitable for the colo facility

Jeremy