From ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk  Tue Jul 11 19:04:04 2017
From: ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk (Prof Brian Ripley)
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2017 18:04:04 +0100
Subject: [Rd] Solaris SPARC testbed
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On 11/07/2017 16:48, Avraham Adler wrote:
> I've looked at some package testing results and I'm not seeing Solaris
> SPARC. Has that test-bed been deprecated for package testing?

Are you talking about CRAN's check results?

The Sparc hardware used for CRAN died during an unplanned power outage, 
and it seems unlikely it can be resurrected.

But questions about CRAN should be sent to CRAN, and you should give 
credit where it is due if you discuss such services in public fora.

-- 
Brian D. Ripley,                  ripley at stats.ox.ac.uk
Emeritus Professor of Applied Statistics, University of Oxford



[Rd] Solaris SPARC testbed
Prof Brian Ripley