Title: Gentoo drops IA-64 support
Author: Arthur Zamarin <arthurzam@gentoo.org>
Posted: 2024-08-07
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Following the removal of IA-64 support in the Linux kernel and glibc,
and subsequent discussions on our mailing list [1], as well as a vote
by the Gentoo Council [2,3], Gentoo will discontinue all ia64 profiles
and keywords. The primary reason for this decision is the inability of
the Gentoo IA-64 team to support this architecture without kernel
support, glibc support, and a functional development box.

In one month, all ia64 profiles will be removed, all ia64 keywords will
be dropped from all packages, and all IA-64 related Gentoo bugs will be
closed.

[1] https://public-inbox.gentoo.org/gentoo-dev/75654daa-c5fc-45c8-a104-fae43b9ca490@gentoo.org/T/
[2] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20240721.txt
[3] https://projects.gentoo.org/council/meeting-logs/20240721-summary.txt