Re: Bits from the FTPMaster meeting
On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 11:16:41PM +0000, Sune Vuorela wrote:
> On 2009-11-18, Gerfried Fuchs <rhonda@deb.at> wrote:
> > I am a bit confused with respect to how buildd autosigning is required
> > for this. It makes it sound somehow like it would affect porter binary
>
> Basicalyl, the turnaround time is too long if we have to wait for manual
> buildd signings.
>
> For example, when we upload a new KDE, we usually upload a big chunk of
> source packages (3-5) where package 1 breaks last package.
>
> Currently, we can upload all source packages built for amd64 and i386
> and that way keep kde installable in unstable for more than 95 % of the
> users.
>
> With 1 package signing per day (which is quite normal), we have 5 days
> where kde by itself is uninstallable on all archs, if the buildds have
> to build all packages by current means.
Stupid question: If all these packages are interdependent and need to be
built the same day, why not upload them as a single package ?
It's even easier now, with the new source formats.
Mike
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