please make ARM buildd more efficient, was Re: arm seems OK: release status?

[Andrea Mennucc <mennucc1@debian.org>]

Paul TBBle Hampson wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2005 at 02:31:15PM +0200, A Mennucc wrote:
>
> > when a buildd builds a package, it first install all
> > build-dependencies, then compiles, then remove all build-dependencies.
> > For my package, that was a total of 113 MB of data to be moved in and
> > out of disks; since ARM is running late, maybe it would be wise to not
> > remove build-dependencies at the end of a run, (and check for any
> > build conflict before starting, and just remove that)
>
>
> Funny. I was under the impression that the buildds _did_ leave these
> packages installed, and that was one of the things that pbuilder could
> test that the buildds don't, that build-depends are complete and
> sufficient.

when a buildd is running ahead, it may as well waste time in installing
and deinstalling; but when it is not, it should avoid that task

> I'm sure it's been suggested that the buildds remove the extra packages
> after each run, but that is considered too inefficient, and the buildds
> are not _expected_ to pick up all build-depends bugs.

ARM builder is inefficient:

http://buildd.debian.org/fetch.php?&pkg=xmorph&ver=1%3A20050408&arch=arm&stamp=1113139251&file=log&as=raw

I am sending this e-mail to  Ryan Murray (who is at the end of the above 
log), so to make him aware of this issue

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