Bug#893188: mapnik: add mips* back to arch list

[YunQiang Su]

On Sat, Mar 17, 2018 at 5:41 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg
<sebastic at xs4all.nl> wrote:
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> Hi YunQiang,
>
> Thanks for your work improving the mips* architectures in Debian.
>
> On 03/17/2018 09:38 AM, YunQiang Su wrote:
>> With some test on mips64el/mipsel machines, mapnik builds well,
>> without memory exhibition problems.
>>
>> I think it should be fixed now,  with
>>   1) We update some hardware of mips*, dropped some old Loongson 2E machines.
>>   2) Set -param ggc-min-expand default now on mips/mipsel.
>>
>> It should be OK to add these architectures back.
>>
>> The full mips* arch list:
>>    mips mipsel mipsn32 mipsn32el mips64 mips64el
>>    mipsr6 mipsr6el mipsn32r6 mipsn32r6el mips64r6 mips64r6el
>>
>> If you feel OK, I suggest we can use any now,
>>
>> At least please add
>>    mips mipsel mips64el mips64r6el
>
> Why do you want mapnik back on mips*?
>
> I don't expect any actual users of the mapnik family of packages on
> mips*, so despite improvements to the architecture in Debian I don't
> think it's worth the effort.

At least Loongson may need it, as Loongson is working on providing
high-end PC/Server in China, and some department of government and
some companies will need it.
At least please provide mips64el and mips64r6el, both of them are
targeting for high-end machines.

>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Bas



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YunQiang Su