please drop support for 2.4

hello all. i would like to propose that we officially drop
support  
for 2.4 kernel profiles (especially
default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4).  
over the last few months it has been increasingly difficult
to keep  
2.4 systems up to date. here are some bugs i filed recently 

discussing this:

http://bugs.gentoo.org/
174697
unmask linux-headers-2.6 on 2.4 profiles
(eix 0.8.8 compile failure)

http://bugs.gentoo.org/
154018
alsa-driver-1.0.13 fails compile on hardened-2.4 and
vanilla-sources

http://bugs.gentoo.org/
177357
media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.14_rc2-r1 compile failure


thoughts from the arch teams?

RAJIV AARON MANGLANI WROTE:
> 
> HELLO ALL. I WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THAT WE OFFICIALLY
DROP SUPPORT FOR
> 2.4 KERNEL PROFILES (ESPECIALLY
DEFAULT-LINUX/X86/NO-NPTL/2.4). OVER THE
> LAST FEW MONTHS IT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY DIFFICULT TO
KEEP 2.4 SYSTEMS
> UP TO DATE.

VANILLA-SOURCES IS THE ONLY PLACE TO FIND A 2.4 KERNEL ON
SOME ARCHES,
THOUGH AT LEAST USING THOSE SOURCES IS NO LONGER SUPPORTED
(AS DSD AND
THE KERNEL TEAM TOLD ME SOME MONTHS BACK.)

FROM THE DOCS PERSPECTIVE, I'D LIKE IT IF ALL 2.4 PROFILES
FOR ANY
REMAINING ARCHES WERE MARKED UNSUPPORTED AS WELL. I SPOKE
WITH THE ARCH
TEAMS AROUND THE 2007.0 RELEASE TIME WHEN I WAS UPDATING THE
HANDBOOKS
TO REMOVE ALMOST ALL 2.4 REFERENCES, BUT THERE ARE STILL A
FEW IN THERE
FOR THINGS LIKE SPARC-SOURCES. AFAIK THAT'S THE ONLY ARCH
THAT STILL HAS
A 2.4 KERNEL AVAILABLE.

ANY CHANCE OF SEEING IT ALL GO AWAY SO I CAN FINALLY CLEAN
UP *ALL* 2.4
REFERENCES?

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Rajiv Aaron Manglani wrote:

> hello all. i would like to propose that we officially
drop support for
> 2.4 kernel profiles (especially
default-linux/x86/no-nptl/2.4). over the
> last few months it has been increasingly difficult to
keep 2.4 systems
> up to date. here are some bugs i filed recently
discussing this:
> 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/
174697
> unmask linux-headers-2.6 on 2.4 profiles
> (eix 0.8.8 compile failure)
> 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/
154018
> alsa-driver-1.0.13 fails compile on hardened-2.4 and
vanilla-sources
> 
> http://bugs.gentoo.org/
177357
> media-sound/alsa-driver-1.0.14_rc2-r1 compile failure
> 
> 
> thoughts from the arch teams?

It's in the pipe for SPARC, probably by the 2007.1 release.
2007.0 no longer supports 2.4, only 2006.1 does.

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Gustavo Zacarias
Gentoo/SPARC monkey
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