Re: 2013 sometimes still feels like 2003 or 1993 (Re: NEW processing during freezes
On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 11:48 AM, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> On Sat, May 4, 2013 at 6:09 AM, Jakub Wilk wrote:
>> We've always treated "FTBFS if built twice in a row" bugs as important:
>> http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/pkgreport.cgi?users=debian-qa@lists.debian.org;tag=qa-doublebuild
>
> The real question is whether or not there is a consensus within the
> project that severity should be serious (via a policy "must"), making
> such issues release critical, which would be the only way to truly
> "eliminate" the doesn't build twice problem.
And/or on the technical side, make the buildds always build twice.
Then, you'll get plenty of release-critical FTBFS bugs (from the
people that monitor that output) for your other archs when your
package doesn't build twice.
Best wishes,
Mike
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