[debian-mysql] Bug#1053487: Any hppa porters interested in getting MariaDB working?

[Otto Kekäläinen]

Hi!

In December many expressed interest in porting MariaDB to hppa, but I
didn't notice any comments on any of the bug report or MR or any other
follow-up, so I guess perhaps people didn't have time for this after
all..?


> >>>> I am happy to take your patches, do additional testing and do uploads.
> >>>> Unfortunately I can't do the actual port fixing myself as there is too
> >>>> much work and the domain is something I am not strong in. My attempt
> >>>> at fixes at https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/146
> >>>> did get some progress, so if you want to take on this challenge, you
> >>>> don't need to start from zero.
> >>>>
> >>>> I also have good experiences of getting upstream to accept porting
> >>>> related patches (e.g. https://github.com/MariaDB/server/pull/4480) so
> >>>> if you fix this in Debian and submit patches upstream, you most likely
> >>>> will get those fixes into MariaDB permanently for all users globally.
> >>>
> >>> The first step should be disabling Java support on hppa. Since OpenJDK currently
> >>> does not support hppa due to the stack growing from upwards, any packages that
> >>> make use of Java won't work on hppa.
> >>>
> >>> There is some work-in-progress port for OpenJDK on hppa that I worked on some
> >>> years ago but I never finished the actual work. It might be a good idea to
> >>> complete that work in the future though.
> >>
> >>
> >> Sure, sounds like a great place to start? I will try to get it setup and disable the java functionality first, perhaps to try and get it running.
> >
> > Please start by reading the
> > https://salsa.debian.org/mariadb-team/mariadb-server/-/merge_requests/146
> > I mentioned in my original email, and the notes and comments in it. It
> > will help you avoid doing things I already did, and there are also
> > commands linked you can just copy-paste to get the build and test
> > suite going on a porter box (or anywhere).
> >
> > Thanks for taking a stab at making this package build and pass tests in hppa!
> >