From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JAagy-0004vf-2X for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:45:44 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with SMTP id m040iMMG032374; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:44:22 GMT Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.2/8.14.0) with ESMTP id m040f4o7027632 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:41:04 GMT Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0E13264FE1 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:41:04 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at gentoo.org X-Spam-Score: -0.525 X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.525 required=5.5 tests=[AWL=-0.526, BAYES_50=0.001] Received: from smtp.gentoo.org ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (smtp.gentoo.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id lBcenzs9OF5z for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:40:56 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ciao.gmane.org (main.gmane.org [80.91.229.2]) (using TLSv1 with cipher AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ABD5E65765 for ; Fri, 4 Jan 2008 00:40:54 +0000 (UTC) Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1JAacF-0007tV-1p for gentoo-dev@gentoo.org; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:40:51 +0000 Received: from static24-72-113-196.yorkton.accesscomm.ca ([24.72.113.196]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:40:51 +0000 Received: from dirtyepic by static24-72-113-196.yorkton.accesscomm.ca with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Fri, 04 Jan 2008 00:40:51 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org From: Ryan Hill Subject: [gentoo-dev] Re: Monthly Gentoo Council Reminder for January Date: Thu, 03 Jan 2008 18:40:43 -0600 Message-ID: References: <20080101103002.083C4652C4@smtp.gentoo.org> <54551.192.168.2.159.1199365359.squirrel@www.aei-tech.com> <477D75CA.1030003@gentoo.org> <20080104000155.23e056b4@snowcone> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: static24-72-113-196.yorkton.accesscomm.ca User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (X11/20071218) In-Reply-To: <20080104000155.23e056b4@snowcone> Sender: news X-Archives-Salt: d35205a3-fe62-4631-8da7-db384f4db954 X-Archives-Hash: 039d46b9947a2d352f5f74f8c969ab2b Ciaran McCreesh wrote: > Luca Barbato wrote: >> I'd suggest something like "if nobody could test your update in a >> timely way you should ask and possibly get an account on an arch box >> in order to test it and bump if the minimal test pass" >> >> sounds fair? > > Sounds like a great way to get more broken packages, which means more > work for arch teams fixing them, which means less time available for > fixing important bugs. I find it more often we're waiting for the arch team to do something so we can remove the broken package from the tree. I have four versions of freetype sitting around that I'd really like to get rid of but can't until mips stabilizes a newer version. Granted, I may only think it happens more often because I only see it from the dev side. I don't mean to rag on the mips team because I understand how difficult it can be to build and test packages on that type of hardware (see [i] for a good explanation). I've personally been looking into getting an Indigo2 or O2 box to help out. I'd like to know, though, if they have any plans to deal with the current situation. And if there is no real solution in sight, what can we do about it? Is dropping the MIPS stable tree an option? (btw this is a discussion that should take place on the -project ML) [i] http://permalink.gmane.org/gmane.linux.gentoo.devel/46072 -- fonts, by design, by neglect gcc-porting, for a fact or just for effect wxwindows @ gentoo EFFD 380E 047A 4B51 D2BD C64F 8AA8 8346 F9A4 0662 -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list