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Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us



On Wed Aug 06 10:42, Steve McIntyre wrote:
> Steve Langasek wrote:
> >On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:33:58AM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote:
> >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU software
> >> that can be compiled on an architecture even if it doesn't seem that useful.
> >> I have the X11 libraries on my NSLU2, which lacks any graphical output, but
> >> I use it as an X11 server.
> >
> >The argument for not building various packages on s390 is that s390 has *no
> >hardware*, so anything that depends on local hardware to be useful has no
> >purpose on s390.
> >
> >That doesn't apply for hpodder, which is not a hardware interface; but
> >that's a plausible explanation for why the package was put in NFU, if the
> >buildd maintainer thought it was hardware-dependent.
> 
> It would be nice if buildd admins told people they were doing it, of
> course, so that maintainers don't have to guess why their packages
> mysteriously aren't being built...
> 

Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide
my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for
anyone else either...

Matt

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Matthew Johnson

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