Re: m68k arch falling ever behind
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004 at 06:36:25PM +0100, Roman Hodek wrote:
> > Needs-Build is primarily ordered by priority and section, build
> > status, then alphabetically by package name.
>
> Yep. To be fully exact, the order of packages is not implemented in
> buildd, but in wanna-build, and the default order compares the
> following fields in that order:
>
> - status (out-of-date > uncompiled)
> - priority (required > important > ...)
> - section (libs > base > devel > ...)
> - package name
[...]
> > Erm, not really well working for todays problems anymore. There are
> > better distributing schemes than that one w-b uses.
>
> Which ones do you suggest?
>
> IMHO dpkg, e.g., is more important to rebuild than some kde prog :)
Taking urgency into account is the one--presumably simple--addition that
springs to mind. Something like status -> priority -> urgency -> section
-> name, or even status -> urgency -> priority -> section -> name.
Building a package fixing an RC bug can arguably be more important than
a new dpkg with updated translations.
Regards,
Daniel.
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