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Re: [MoM] FAST progress (was Re: [MoM] fast: Add further dependencies to enable chroot / cowbuilder to build)



Hello Andreas,

> If you are just bored by waiting, yes, why not?  Or check the list of
> bugs under
>
>    https://bugs.debian.org/debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org
>
> Currently there are lots of those due to gcc migration and even more
> due to Python2 removal.  If you are happy with gdb you can check
>
>    https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2019/09/msg00013.html
>
> or also
>
>    https://bugs.debian.org/806214
>
> So new packages are fine but fixing some bugs inbetween is also very
> valuable.  As a general remark to everybody:  For the moment fixing
> only one bug per week brings you in our bugs statistics:
>
>    http://blends.debian.net/liststats/bugs_debian-med.png
>
> :-P
>
> Hope that's sufficient inspiration to not get bored inbetween. ;-)

Certainly. I forgot about bug fixing. That's certainly a better way to
burn time while doing something meaningful!

Thanks,
Shayan Doust

On 04/09/2019 20:40, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Shayan,
> 
> On Wed, Sep 04, 2019 at 03:40:36PM +0100, Shayan Doust wrote:
>>> Its on my todo list.  Unfortunately the build time takes some time and I
>>> will not stress test the battery of my laptop.  Reminding is fine in any
>>> case. :-)
>>
>> Ahh that's fine and understandable :-). I assumed maybe you offloaded
>> this on some build server. I am not too sure of the procedure, but with
>> any task that has a maintainer hardware limitation, would debian provide
>> environments or remote machines for a duration of time? I am somewhat
>> working blindly with this package so it's good to know for the future
>> instead of bugging you for a hundred builds :-).
> 
> I could use remote hardware but in 98% my laptop is fine.  In those rare
> cases I use my desktop as fallback.  Remembering how these remote
> servers might work takes more time for me.
>  
>>> I admit new queue can be stress test the patience of newcomers.  To be
>>> short:  You can never know how long a package takes.  Despite the name
>>> is "queue" its not a FIFO procedure.  Sometimes its helpful to give some
>>> hints about priorities and why a package might be more important than
>>> others.  BTW, I even had send a mail to ftpmaster ranking your packages
>>> in the category "Would motivate newcomer" which was below "needed for
>>> bcbio" package.  Seems that ranking was not helpful to proceed with the
>>> list I gave. :-(
>>
>> It's more of just a curiosity factor, and sometimes educating eager
>> upstream developers as I'm very patient. Surprisingly, there aren't that
>> many listed as ftp masters for the amount of package awaiting upload.
> 
> Yes, its also a person-power bottleneck.
>  
>> Would it be productive to work on another package alongside this FAST
>> package?
> 
> If you are just bored by waiting, yes, why not?  Or check the list of
> bugs under
> 
>    https://bugs.debian.org/debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org
> 
> Currently there are lots of those due to gcc migration and even more
> due to Python2 removal.  If you are happy with gdb you can check
> 
>    https://lists.debian.org/debian-med/2019/09/msg00013.html
> 
> or also
> 
>    https://bugs.debian.org/806214
> 
> So new packages are fine but fixing some bugs inbetween is also very
> valuable.  As a general remark to everybody:  For the moment fixing
> only one bug per week brings you in our bugs statistics:
> 
>    http://blends.debian.net/liststats/bugs_debian-med.png
> 
> :-P
> 
> Hope that's sufficient inspiration to not get bored inbetween. ;-)
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>       Andreas.
> 

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