Re: A new metric for source package importance in ports
+++ Johannes Schauer [2013-11-28 09:00 +0100]:
> Quoting Steven Chamberlain (2013-11-28 01:04:56)
> > On 27/11/13 17:58, Johannes Schauer wrote:
> $ curl -s http://mister-muffin.de/p/Gid8.txt | awk '{ if ($2=="11657") print $0 }' | wc -l
> 383
>
> In this particular graph the maximum value of the second column (11657) is less
> than the total amount of source packages (in contrast to the first graph)
> because this latter graph assumes that arch:all, essential:yes and
> build-essential do not have to be rebuild. Therefore, lots of source packages
> do not have to be compiled at all.
>
> > > Does anybody see enough value in these numbers for source package
> > > importance in the light of bootstrapping Debian (either for a new port or
> > > for rebuilding the archive from scratch)?
> >
> > I find the list of 383 packages interesting, at least. I think this
> > closure is what I had in mind[0] for regular testing of ports' toolchains and
> > reproducibility of builds.
Yes. this is good stuff. Thanks for doing that josch.
This list is very useful for arm64 bootstrapping right now.
Wookey
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