Re: sparc meeting requirements for etch
Getting auric up is just a matter of turning it on and doing an install.
The problem isn't anyone's fault but my own, so don't go making the admin
team out to be ignoring you. The buildd maintainers know that it's on me
to get that machine reconfigured.
I'm in the middle of a move, so after that (1 maybe 2 weeks), I'll get on
it. Email me directly to remind me if you want (would be appreciated).
On Tue, Sep 20, 2005 at 07:58:48PM -0700, Blars Blarson wrote:
> [Replies directed to debian-sparc, public discussion should take place
> there.]
>
> In order to fulfill the requirements for releasing with etch, Debian
> needs more sparc hardware up and running. Since previous offers of
> hardware (not just from me) have been ignored or refused, this is not
> a matter of hardware availability but of the debian-admin team not
> doing anything with the offers.
>
> Again, I am offering my help and hardware to help fix this problem.
> If hosting is available within 50 miles of Los Angeles, California,
> USA, I am willing to act as local system administrator. (I can supply
> and install the machine.) I am willing to act as a buildd
> administrator. If desired, I could join the debian-admin team. If
> nothing better is available, I could even host a machine on my DSL
> line, and give it a static IP. Contact me at my debian.org email
> address (same user name) if you want to discuss any of these offers
> privatly.
>
> vore is currently the only active buildd machine, and it is unable to
> keep up with the desired 98% durring the middle of the release cycle.
> However, it is close and the release team might be willing to accept
> two machines of this class as meeting the N+1 buildd requirement.
>
> auric (a faster machine) has been down for a long time with problems
> on its raid controler. I suspect that one of the disk drives could be
> taken out of the raid array and mounted internally, giving it more
> than enough storage to run as a buildd and developer accessable
> machine. Alternativly, I could supply an external or internal drive.
>
> kubric is not worth fixing, and should have been removed from the
> db.debian.org list of machines years ago.
>
> Ben Collins offered to replace vore and auric with a bigger machine.
> However, this would not meet the N+1 requirement.
>
> Sparcblade 1000 systems are available for about $600 now.
>
> Unless the debian-admin team explains what help it needs or fixes the
> situation reasonably soon, I'll have to consider this as an silent
> exercise of their veto power over an architecture.
>
> --
> Blars Blarson blarson@blars.org
> http://www.blars.org/blars.html
> With Microsoft, failure is not an option. It is a standard feature.
>
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