Re: m68k arch falling ever behind

[Adrian Bunk <bunk@fs.tum.de>]

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  - status (out-of-date 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
> 
> Note that Section: libs is pushed up, because such packages are often
> needed by other packages...
>...

It seems the concerns by most people might be resolved if you add the 
following rule at the top:
  - waiting for more than one week?

This should fix the starvation problems currently observed.

> Roman

cu
Adrian

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