Re: Bits from the release team (freeze time line)
Am 27.12.2013 03:16, schrieb Steve McIntyre:
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 06:08:03PM +0100, Niels Thykier wrote:
>>
>> On a related note, DSA have concerns with the current arm* and mips*
>> hardware. While there have been promises of new hardware to replace
>> some of the current buggy machines, the offers are currently not
>> leading to concrete results. Porters of these architectures should
>> contact DSA and figure out a solution to avoid a situation where an
>> architecture is in jeopardy due to insufficient buildd or porter
>> machines.
>
> Ummm, WTH? We've been looking into possible *upgrades* to replace some
> of the armel and armhf buildds with faster and (ideally) more easily
> managed machines, but I *seriously* disagree with any suggestion that
> the current machines are "buggy". I can see that with the some of the
> known-buggy mips* machines, but I don't accept that the arm* machines
> could/should be classified this way.
openjdk-6 fails to build on armel, because the testsuite hangs / times out. Not
just once, but this seems to be a common failure. Builds fine on ipa.debian.net.
Matthias
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