Andres Freund wrote:
> > > * sparc 32bit
> >
> > Do we really care about sparc 32bit at this point? You're talking a
> > 10-year-old machine, there.
>
> I personally don't really, but the last time it came up significant
> parts of community opinionated the other way. And I'd rather have it
> tested and actually supported than supposedly supported.
The thing is that a machine as weird as Sparc uncovers strange failures
that don't show up in other architectures. For instance, spoonbill
(sparc64 IIRC) has turned up rather interesting numbers of problems.
I think it's useful to have such a thing in the buildfarm.
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