[Bug 2075185] [NEW] [SRU] Enable ppc64el for .NET 8 on Noble

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You have been subscribed to a public bug by Mateus Rodrigues de Morais (mateus-morais):

Upload available in PPA: https://launchpad.net/~dotnet-
bootstrap/+archive/ubuntu/dotnet8.0.108-noble-stage2

[ Impact ]

 * This SRU aims to enable the ppc64el architecture on .NET 8 targeting Ubuntu
   24.04 (Noble Numbat). This architecture has already been enabled for .NET
   8 on Oracular Oriole.

 * This came up as a request from IBM [0] and is now part of the .NET team's
   roadmap for the Oracular Oriole cycle.

 * Per the changelog of the package in the PPA, the changes introduced in this 
   upload are only related to the enablement of ppc64el.

[ Test Plan ]

 * On a ppc64el machine, run the steps outlined in the .NET SRU Test Plan
   document [1].

[ Where problems could occur ]

 * The changes introduced in this upload have already been tested by IBM [0]
   in a PPA upload made available to them.

 * ppc64el has also been enabled for .NET 8 on Oracular.

 * The patches introduced to fix various FTBFS and autopkgtest failures on
   ppc64el are only modifying parameters in unit test projects within the .NET
   code-base as well as the autopkgtest testrunner code-base and its related
   libraries. These should not impact "shippable" products that land in the
   final binary packages.

 * If a problem occurs, it would be limited to .NET on ppc64el and will show
   up when using the product with normal day-to-day operations, which the test
   plan should be able to reproduce.

[ Other Info ]

 * The ppc64el build will require a bootstrap once it hits -proposed. The
   bootstrap package has been prepared and is available in a PPA [2]. It will
   be uploaded to the Ubuntu Bootstrap PPA by an Archive Admin once we're
   ready to bootstrap.

 * When this upload hits -proposed, the ppc64el build will stay in dependency
   wait status until the bootstrap package is uploaded and the Launchpad team
   triggers the bootstrap. The .NET team (Toolchains/Foundations) will drive
   the coordination of these tasks once we're there.

[0] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/noble/+source/dotnet8/+bug/2064530
[1] https://github.com/canonical/dotnet-source-build/blob/main/docs/SRUTestPlan.md
[2] https://launchpad.net/~dotnet-bootstrap/+archive/ubuntu/dotnet8.0.107-noble-stage1-ppc64el

** Affects: dotnet8 (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Affects: dotnet8 (Ubuntu Noble)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

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[SRU] Enable ppc64el for .NET 8 on Noble
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2075185
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