From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A5541381FA for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 19:31:42 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F3053E09E8; Tue, 13 May 2014 19:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 5B365E09E4 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 19:31:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.33] (unknown [2.137.67.40]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES128-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: pacho) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5B8C133FB45 for ; Tue, 13 May 2014 19:31:38 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <1400009493.13920.10.camel@belkin5> Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Tinderbox and building everything From: Pacho Ramos To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Date: Tue, 13 May 2014 21:31:33 +0200 In-Reply-To: <53712983.3070201@gentoo.org> References: <20140509172925.29e3f212@gentoo.org> <536D13CF.2000403@gentoo.org> <2494968.RL10ZYJ7qd@localhost> <536E2087.3050409@gentoo.org> <20140510175040.6e7c7dc2@gentoo.org> <1399749174.3147.2.camel@belkin5> <53712983.3070201@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Mailer: Evolution 3.10.4 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 1d01de9d-6675-4854-b8b5-2866f2fcdf21 X-Archives-Hash: 39eaad5664dd7e05421bde10d58bef68 El lun, 12-05-2014 a las 21:05 +0100, Markos Chandras escribió: > On 05/10/2014 08:12 PM, Pacho Ramos wrote: > > El sáb, 10-05-2014 a las 17:50 +0200, Tom Wijsman escribió: > > [...] > >> As for build failures; that boils down to either the maintainer fixing > >> it as it is their problem, treecleaners cleaning it (but even they have > >> a long backlog) or someone that is interested to fix it. But in no way > >> it is QA's problem; as our task is Quality Assurance, which doesn't* > >> imply fixing maintainer's problems (but does imply m-n / cleaning it). > >> > >> * We can try to help to some extent. > >> > > > > At least from my point of view (as member or treecleaners), I would > > welcome the tinderbox as would help to detect more broken packages, some > > of them really old and that are not going to be fixed but, as nobody > > uses them, they are broken for a long time without noticing. > > > > > > While this is true, it's is not an immediate problem. If a package is > terribly broken, but nobody uses it, then all it does is to occupy a few > KB of cvs space. It is a problem, but not a problem we need to be > nervous about. > Ah, sure. I was referring that I would welcome that, but that it's not so urgent (not sure if maybe "welcome" has a different sense for native speakers :S)