Re: First pass all buildds before entering unstable
On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 10:39:58AM -0500, Noah L. Meyerhans wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 21, 2003 at 12:07:41PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> > > It is true, but I think my point is still valid, though maybe on a
> > > different level. If a particular language's compiler is not yet
> > > available on that architecture, then surely we won't be releasing
> > > packages containing programs written in that language on that platform!
> > > Thus, the package that needs that compiler to build can not legitimately
> > > claim an Architecture of "any".
> >
> > Actually, it can. It is not the packages' fault that a compiler is not
> > available for that platform. Should the compiler ever be ported to a
> > given architecture, if the package did not specify "Architecture: any"
> > in its control file, there would be need for an updated package for no
> > reason other than to update the Architecture line. That's silly, because
> > it would require a recompile on all architecture, for no reason.
>
> To me, all you're saying is that we would end up needing some kind of
> "override" file for this. For situations where it's known and accepted
> that one or more of a package's dependencies isn't available on some
> architecture and is going to remain that way for some time. We can then
> let that package enter the distribution, knowing that it is not going to
> be usable on some architecture.
>
> Most packages currently build on all architectures. The proposal we're
> talking about is basically a way to insure that new revisions of these
> packages remain buildable on all architectures before other packages may
> depend on them.
That's why we have testing. In a situation where a library proves so
buggy that we can't make it part of stable, there's always the
possibility to remove it from the archive, and/or upload a previous
version instead.
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Wouter Verhelst
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