Re: Chosing release goals for slink
Roman Hodek <Roman.Hodek@informatik.uni-erlangen.de> writes:
> Not even that... you also need some kind of source dependencies,
> except you want to install the whole of Debian on the build machine,
> plus a bit more (e.g. Tcl/Tk sources etc.)
I was assuming all of the Debian dev packages would be installed on these
build hosts. Source dependencies would facilitate things, yes.
> I'm currently trying to set up a semi-automatic compiling system on
> m68k.debian.org, and it's more complicated than one first thinks. But
> where I agree with James: At least someone needs to look at the logs
> and maybe test some packages (important and new ones, for example).
Sure, your hypothetical example is valid. How about restricting the
automation to the myriad of optional and extra packages, with an excludes
list for unsuitable packages.
Martin.
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