[ARMedslack] QEMU support - does anybody care about it?

[Robby Workman]

On Fri, 31 Aug 2012 07:09:33 -0700 (PDT)
Stuart Winter <mozes at slackware.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi
> 
> I am thinking about removing the QEMU packages from -current.
> I only added these years ago because my real ARM hardware died and I
> needed a stop gap.
> 
> The thing is that QEMU is *so slow* that I cannot imagine it being
> useful at all, apart from a 10 minute novelty for x86 users.
> It takes time to test whether the installation works, and takes time
> to build the Versatile kernel.
> 
> Is anybody going to miss it if I drop the packages and install docs?


Well...  I would, since I often build packages in a qemu VM (I'm 
usually in no hurry, so time isn't a problem).  However, I can 
adjust :-)

-RW