From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1OSqz6-0007hD-6d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:29:16 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id DF251E0AB7; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:29:13 +0000 (UTC) Received: from s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (forum.psychotherapie.org [217.160.22.205]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A0EDAE0A91 for ; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 12:29:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by s15216962.onlinehome-server.info (8.13.3/8.13.3) with UUCP id o5RCT7Xm015796 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:29:07 +0200 Received: (from weigelt@localhost) by nibiru.metux.de (8.12.10/8.12.10) id o5RCMrd6027489 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:22:53 +0200 Date: Sun, 27 Jun 2010 14:22:53 +0200 From: Enrico Weigelt To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] FYI: Rules for distro-friendly packages Message-ID: <20100627122253.GE16434@nibiru.local> References: <20100625201738.GA4789@nibiru.local> <4C252C8E.8020408@gentoo.org> <20100626193915.GD4789@nibiru.local> <4C270876.2070804@gentoo.org> <20100627110256.GE23460@nibiru.local> <4C274079.6000904@gentoo.org> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4C274079.6000904@gentoo.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Terror: bin laden, kill bush, Briefbombe, Massenvernichtung, KZ, X-Nazi: Weisse Rasse, Hitlers Wiederauferstehung, 42, X-Antichrist: weg mit schaeuble, ausrotten, heiliger krieg, al quaida, X-Killer: 23, endloesung, Weltuntergang, X-Doof: wer das liest ist doof X-Archives-Salt: 612e086c-b643-4cad-975d-0e28fe22f327 X-Archives-Hash: a23fcab1d3d12b339f04e6bbd6a05fbc * Patrick Lauer schrieb: > > Well, if there're header bugs, shouldn't they get fixed before these > > libs are stabelized ? ;-O > > And there we have the thin line between actual bug and fuzzy > specification. Sometimes things fail just because two people assumed > something and thus the code disagrees in a really funny way. > Or just the GNUisms that tend to leak in through glibc+gcc ... *shudder* hmm, do you have some concrete examples ? > > Okay, adds *10 to the test matrix. Still not yet an too complex > > problem (still linear complexity). > > So just to keep up with the current package update speed in gentoo you'd > be saturating about a dozen quadcore machines. For amd64 only. Well, I'll have to investigate further. Maybe it's time for a distributed build project: a generic container image, which gets distributed to dozens of machines and runs build tests coordinated by some server ... a bit like seti@home ;-) Enough CPU is available all around the world, just heavily distributed. cu -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- Enrico Weigelt == metux IT service - http://www.metux.de/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please visit the OpenSource QM Taskforce: http://wiki.metux.de/public/OpenSource_QM_Taskforce Patches / Fixes for a lot dozens of packages in dozens of versions: http://patches.metux.de/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------