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[LIU Qi <liuqi82@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 31, 2009 at 11:07:32AM +1200, Kai-Cheung Leung wrote:
 > Hi qiliu and others,
 > 
 > There is a MSc student from Fudan University claiming to be porting
 > Debian to n32.
 > 
 > http://sandyleo26.wordpress.com/2009/04/05/gsoc-proposal-creating-a-new-mips-n32-abi-port-for-debian/
 > 
 > There are also projects which port Debian to n32:
 > 
 > http://wiki.debian.org/SummerOfCode2009/Debian_loongson2f_N32_port
 > 
 > http://groups.google.com/group/loongson-dev/msg/7f815c5cd1a01ab6?pli=1
 > 
 > Maybe should we find out how much progress has been made in the Debian n32 port?
I have connections with the student Liu Sha and his Debian GSoC mentor
foka.
 > 
 > If the Debian n32 port is already functional (though not necessary
 > official), Michael said that perhaps working directly on n32 maybe a
 > better way to use our resource and we should not waste time on o32.
 > 
 > If the Debian n32 port is not yet usable, but nearly there, then
 > should we give them a hand and get their n32 working, then immediately
 > use it as a base to bootstrap to Ubuntu n32?  This would avoid
 > duplicating efforts.
Sha just has finished the mips n32 base system. And in my team there are
two persons working on the mips n32 buildd system. Next we will work
together to avoid duplicating efforts. I also will invite them to join
our team. Thanks for your information.

Regards,
Qi