Bug#766695: atlas: add ppc64el support

[Mauricio Faria de Oliveira]

Sébastien,

I'd like to ask you a few more questions, if you have the time.

On 10/25/2014 03:39 PM, Sébastien Villemot wrote:
> Also, I really dislike the kludge consisting in modifying the quilt
> series file. Isn't it rather possible to use a standard patch (applied
> on all arches) based on #ifdefs?

Would it help if it were kludged in a different way, not touching the
original series file, but just applying the additional series on another
.pc directory?  I've received a nice suggestion on this.

Otherwise, following the patch applied to all arches (more relevantly,
powerpc and ppc64), how to make sure it's tested enough?  Is just the
package build status a good evidence, or could you recommend/point
out some more testing documentation/procedures?  - I'm not familiar
with the atlas build system, so it would be nice to have your point.

Thank you,

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Mauricio Faria de Oliveira
IBM Linux Technology Center