Re: Some thoughts on the ARM build daemons
Aurelien Jarno a écrit :
> Wookey a écrit :
>> On 2007-05-08 12:05 +0200, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> The ARM port is getting bad [1], the percentage of packages built
>>> staying a bit more than 90% for 2 weeks. Also this is confirmed by a
>>> message on #debian-arm this morning:
>>>
>>> 09:30 < doko> please could somebody care about the python2.4, python2.5,
>>> binutils, gcc-4.1 and gcj-4.1 builds for arm? for gcj-4.1, please see
>>> the instructions posted on debian-ports/debian-gcc
>>>
>>> gcj-4.1 has to be bootstrapped manually (after python is installable
>>> again), but all other packages have not been built on ARM. They are
>>> blocked by python being uninstallable, but python2.4 is on position 115!
>>> in the list of packages to build.
>>>
>>> The problems mainly comes from the build daemons. Only *3 out of 7* are
>>> building packages, and one of the three is also building stable-security
>>> from time to time.
>>>
>>> Here are the states and reasons I have been able to found on the web and
>>> on IRC:
>>> - grieg: up, building packages
>>> - cats: up, building packages
>>> - tofee: up, building packages, sometimes stable-security.
>>> - smackdown: down, waiting for a 2.6 kernel
>>> - elara: down, waiting for bug#421037
>>> - europa: down, waiting for bug#421037
>>> - netwinder: down, waiting for bug#421037, but seems to be unaffected
>>> by this bug
>>>
>>> Note that the bug#421037 may be due to a too old kernel, but the glibc
>>> maintainers are lacking information.
>> I tried to reproduce this on my netwinder but it simply didn't happen
>> here.
>>
>>> The situation is lasting for some time now, and I see no sign that it
>>> will change soon. If the person in charge of the ARM build daemons is
>>> short on time (which I can understand, life is life), why not delegate a
>>> person to fix this problem?
>> I would love to see Aurelien added to the arm buildd team - he has
>> shown significant activity and interest in this over the last year,
>> and clearly knows what is going on.
>>
>>> Also the build power has always been tight on this architecture, so even
>>> if they are all restarted today, it would take weeks to get back to a
>>> normal state.
>>>
>>> I think it is time to changes things. Our faster build daemons have a
>>> 233MHz CPU with 256MB of RAM, while there are way faster ARM CPU today.
>>>
>>> Quoting our new DPL's platform:
>>>
>>> "So we still have that money, and I would like to use it at least to
>>> fix our broken hardware."
>>>
>>> What about buying new ARM hardware with that money?
>> I'm not sure money is the issue - it appears to be DSA set-up time.
>> New hardware has been offered, many months ago, and is there, ready,
>> online, but (so far as I can tell) it has not been brought into use by
>> the people with the power to do it (DSA and arm build-admin).
>>
>> http://lists.debian.org/debian-arm/2006/11/msg00008.html
>>
>> I don't know who is waiting for what, at this stage. There was some
>> activity on this in mid-Feb when Elmo and Bill exchanged mail via me,
>> after discovering that elmo's mail to bill was getting eaten somewhere
>> along the way (which obviously doesn't help). They arranged to meet on
>> IRC to get things sorted out.
>
> That's why I proposed to replace the current machines by new ones. The
> local admin can just take the old disk (or copy the system if the disk
> format is different) and install a kernel for the new subarch. That does
> not change the IP, the account, the SSH keys, etc., so there is nothing
> to ask to DSA or whoever.
>
>> I can also offer a reasonably fast build machine, but there didn't
>> seem much point until Bills was put into use.
>>
>> So, yes - lets get fatrer hardware - it is now available, but until we
>> can work out why we have been unable to bring hedges into use in
>> nearly 6 months, and fix that problem, then money for hardware will
>> not help.
>>
>> Bill, elmo - what happened after emails in feb? What are we waiting
>> for now? Can anyone on this list help?
>>
>
> If elmo is too busy (something that happens to everybody and that I
> understand, life is life), why can't this be done by somebody else?
> Don't say me elmo is not the only person able to setup a build daemon.
>
^^^
just remove the not :)
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