Re: unexpected NMUs || buildd queue
On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 07:19:29PM +0200, Daniel Kobras wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 15, 2004 at 06:23:23PM +0200, Andreas Metzler wrote:
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> > > 2) Does buildd repects order of uploaded packages?
> >
> > No, not really, it is more like a lifo, i.e. the last uploaded package
> > is tried first.
>
> Packages are ordered by priority, then by section, then alphabetically.
> When a buildd's queue is empty, it grabs the next few packages off the
> top of this list. Time of upload is not considered at all.
I used to think that was true, but when I mentioned it on IRC once James
Troup told me that that was an urban myth ... I haven't read the code
myself to check.
Cheers,
--
Colin Watson [cjwatson@flatline.org.uk]
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