Bug#592605: nmu: webkit_1.2.3-2

[Michael Gilbert <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 14:23:11 -0300, Gustavo Noronha Silva wrote:
> On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 11:41 -0400, Michael Gilbert wrote:
> > To prevent issues such as this in the future, would it make sense to
> > force rebuilds on the buildds for the uploaded architecture?  This
> > would make sure that all binary packages are built from source in the
> > correct environment.  It also addresses a lack of build logs for those
> > archs.
> 
> For the record, I am in favor of this idea. I am aware, though, that we
> have been over this topic many times, and disallowing source uploads or
> discarding/building the uploaded binary packages has never been in the
> winning side, so *shrug* =)

Just curious, what are the arguments against it?  I can only think of
the obvious: more jobs to run on the buildds (and thus longer waits
for builds in general).

I'd be interested in reading the old discussion. Do you have any links?

Mike