Brent Baude

Updated stage4s for the PS3 have been making their way around to the Gentoo mirrors overnight and are now fully populated. These new stages are based on the previous specifications but includ updated packages. Remember, these stages can be found on the Gentoo mirrors. An example would be:

http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/ppc64/stages/

You can also find the snapshot that these were build on at:

http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo-ps3/snapshots/

In addition, I have updated the GRP repository (http://ftp.osuosl.org/pub/gentoo-ps3/) based on these stages. You will notice some changes in the GRP packages. For example, Gnome for the 64ul did not build and neither did Firefox. We are actively working on solving the problem and are very close. When these wrinkles are ironed out, I will update the GRP repositories with the new packages. It is worth mentioning that the these stages and GRP are based on the active portage tree. So from time to time, errors induced by package conflicts and different environments will happen. Please drop us a line should you feel you found a problem somewhere.

I have also been asked to update the PS3 LiveCD (http://gentoo.osuosl.org/experimental/ppc64/livecd/). I’m currently working on that as well and perhaps I will have something to release by the end of the week. I’m holding out on the hopes of getting a working version of Thunderbird on the CD.

After these releases, I will be focusing on creating the real PPC64 64ul and 32ul stages for follow-on Gentoo releases.

The PPC64 team is always looking for folks who want to get involved in either testing or working directly with the team. Please drop by our irc channel (#gentoo-ppc64) to learn about us.

Happy hunting…