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Re: m68k not a release arch for etch; status in testing, future plans?



Hi,

On Sat, 21 Oct 2006, Anthony Towns wrote:

> On Wed, Oct 18, 2006 at 06:11:38PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> > Assumed m68k would be able to kill (most of) the backlog in time, what would
> > prevent m68k from becoming releasable?
> >   - It didn't sustain the `95%' rate during the last x months?
> 
> x=3, yes.
> 
> The sustainability issue is important, because it's the best evidence we can
> get that the arch will be supportable for ongoing security updates.

Is it really the _best_ evidence? It only measures how quickly a port can 
provide security updates, but it doesn't say very much about the quality 
of them.

bye, Roman



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