Re: Bug#241689: I'm going to NMU this
Manoj Srivastava <srivasta@debian.org> writes:
> Since when have we placed arbitary deadlines above quality? If
> a third of our build network was not trusted by the delegates in
> charge of Debian's buildds, the solution is to get more trusted
> buildd machines, not to shove packegs in wily nilly.
So I think it's a shame that we now have fewer buildd machines than
before, but I respect the relevant people's judgment to do the right
thing; it's a complicated issue and I have no particular reason to
think that my ideas would be any better than those officially in
charge of that part of the Project.
But that means, i think, that what we want is more buildd's, that meet
the security concerns of the people in charge of buildds.
Surely we have enough money to buy some. We have a good idea of which
archs are having trouble keeping up: arm, mips, mipsel, sometimes
ia64 and m68k. Maybe that's not entirely right, but again, the buildd
people should know which ones need the most attention.
It might well not happen in time for sarge, but it would be nice to
think a little ahead too. So what do we need to do to increase the
number of buildds? We surely have the cash to buy a few boxes, and we
have people who will house them for us, right?
Thomas
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