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Re: Why not to let all DDs to execute "gb"-command



On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 10:43:57PM +0200, Philipp Kern wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Mon, Jun 10, 2013 at 07:56:24PM +0200, Anton Gladky wrote:
> > So, I think the developer should have a set of tools (including gb and
> > even "slight" removal commands), which allow him to do the most of
> > packaging work without worrying other teams/developers. And, of course,
> > those tools should be relatively secure not to break others work and the
> > whole archive. "gb" is a harmless in this case.
> 
> it is not. If you rely on random successes of your build this is worse than not
> providing a build at all. If there's a security issue, people will be forced to
> spend time on the issue. Either the Security Team or by extension the Stable
> Release Team, to get it built to finally include it into a point release or
> leave it lingering forever in p-u-new because a test case fails.

It's not always the case of relying on random successes of your build. There are
valid cases -- for example, if a build-dep, or a dep of a build-dep had a bug
that prevented installation, and has just been fixed.

-- 
Kind regards,
Loong Jin

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