Re: [buildd] Etch?
On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I don't know what everyone else thinks about it here, but it would
> appear to me that making it in time for Etch is not going to happen
> anymore now.
> * Too many compiler bugs
Do you have the toolchain bug IDs at hand?
> * As a result, too many uncompiled packages since *ages*. We haven't
> been over the 95% mark of the buildd.debian.org "graph" (as opposed to
> "graph2") since almost a year, if I'm not mistaken, which is just
> terribly bad.
I may be able help with some compute cycles, as I've just obtained a
Quadra 840AV.
Assuming a working tool chain, I'd play off the backlog delay against
usual release delays caused by other architectures and other issues.
> * Even if we *would* be able to fix our toolchain in time (I would find
> that highly unlikely, but still), then it would take us at least some
> weeks, if not months, to compile away our backlog. There are some
> large packages in failed and dep-wait currently.
>
> I'm a bit pessimistic about the future of our port currently. What are
> everyone else's thoughts on this?
>
> Should we just accept that we're not going to make it, or am I being too
> quick to forget about it here?
Assuming a broken tool chain, yes, the port is defunct.
-f
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