Re: Questian about Architecture
On Thu, 12 Sep 2002, Geert Stappers wrote:
> At 14:29 +0200 9/12/02, Marco Kuhlmann wrote:
> >* Geert Stappers <Geert.Stappers@xs4all.nl> (2002-09-12 13:48:43 +0200):
> >
> >> Could you tell us why you want prevent free software being
> >> ported to certain architectures?
> >
> >Sorry, perhaps I should reformulate my question: How do I tell
> >porters not to try to build a certain package? (For example,
> >when the package does not support 64bit architectures.)
> >
>
> AFAIK are the porters the building machines.
>
> If the building fails it is a pitty.
> Take a closer look to see what is wrong
> and try to fix it.
>
> Please don't restrict your sources to be build on other platforms.
> It is IMO a backdoor to hide (build)problems.
>
> Accept that there are other architectures and support them as good as possible.
> Discriminating is not the way to go.
>
I agree that one shouldn't restrict the sources. But I am curious how one
tests on various platforms. All of my machines are x86 and PowerPC (and
it's dead at the moment). Then of course I could use the compile farm at
SourceForge. Do maintainers usually test on various platforms?
-Scott
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