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Re: Bits from the RM



On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 07:13:38PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Steve Langasek wrote:

> > On Wed, Aug 20, 2003 at 03:52:42PM +0200, Santiago Vila wrote:
> > > Will we some day consider seriously the idea of autobuilders compiling
> > > against testing those packages which do not need libraries from
> > > unstable to be built?

> > Do you foresee any reasons why using experimental for new library
> > uploads wouldn't serve the same purpose?

> Yes, autobuilders do not build stuff from experimental, so it will
> hardly serve the same purpose as the current unstable, even if you
> convince a lot of users so that experimental is tested as much as
> unstable.

There was, however, talk of providing an easy interface to allow
requests for building.

I think this is a design that could be made to work.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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