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 1QpfXu-0005PM-3d for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:00:02 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 96D4221C0B6; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:59:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ww0-f41.google.com (mail-ww0-f41.google.com [74.125.82.41]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 91D3521C094 for ; Sat, 6 Aug 2011 11:59:45 +0000 (UTC) Received: by wwj26 with SMTP id 26so1147913wwj.4 for ; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:59:44 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=sender:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject :references:in-reply-to:x-enigmail-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=hRqr7y/0AAcq+OLRUJp7GT32JUUCHQxmISPQ7l/PKc0=; b=Px5OZG1gO5/Pt3/Y3dKNj9w6/Q6low9ELJ2q+LO7OCpVMsAMjYnofBOrFfbOM6CIiB /vkqtdzjoIgtZXINJwp+E4zNCwgpYx85ct5sCilQ5w80Ry2bujHwMC65Uo1oP1Nx4/50 +VT5H4Bwvb/smsiVBSy3fu88ifqo2yXC5Fp40= Received: by 10.227.135.203 with SMTP id o11mr2827736wbt.12.1312631984775; Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:59:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [130.88.185.147] (wh147a.halls.manchester.ac.uk [130.88.185.147]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id ep7sm903981wbb.19.2011.08.06.04.59.43 (version=SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Sat, 06 Aug 2011 04:59:43 -0700 (PDT) Sender: Markos Chandras Message-ID: <4E3D2C95.2030107@gentoo.org> Date: Sat, 06 Aug 2011 12:59:17 +0100 From: Markos Chandras User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:5.0) Gecko/20110721 Thunderbird/5.0 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 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Council discuss: overlapping council terms of two years References: <4E3BCD6E.8030101@gentoo.org> <4E3BED69.6060003@gentoo.org> <20110805134412.GC17729@gentoo.org> <4E3BF61F.7050300@gentoo.org> <4E3C1B32.2020105@gentoo.org> <4E3C39C5.3010700@gentoo.org> <4E3CB0E3.4030108@gentoo.org> <4E3D10B0.80107@gentoo.org> <20110806114921.GA20656@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20110806114921.GA20656@gentoo.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.2pre Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 9c09e356d43d9f0b5d4252ca3eb63691 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA512 On 08/06/2011 12:49 PM, Fabian Groffen wrote: > On 06-08-2011 11:00:16 +0100, Markos Chandras wrote: >> Oh come on Jorge. You know what I mean by slacking arches. I am >> not talking about punishing them. Maybe drop stable keywords or >> drop keyword from X package and shrink their tree so they can keep >> up with the load. >> >>> This should be the arch more developers use daily and is likely >>> the one with more members (herd count). Also, one should remember >>> the time it takes to compile, test or debug an issue in a recent >>> amd64 system or an old / slow box with an "exotic arch" varies >>> substantially. Not to mention that the amount of testing done on >>> "exotic arches" varies substantially between projects. >> I am aware of the problems and this is way I want a solution. > > And what solution do you have in mind (in your Council role)? > Drop stable keywords for certain arches and/or remove their keywords from X packages. The idea is to keep only a single and smaller portage tree which would be much more easier to manage. Pretty much the same situation as MIPS. It worked pretty well on MIPS, so it will work on these arches too - -- Regards, Markos Chandras / Gentoo Linux Developer / Key ID: B4AFF2C2 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.18 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJOPSyUAAoJEPqDWhW0r/LCkX4P/1+dE7WVE5PrgJcekL+hZzk5 BcXofUIV6h1jmyDnypf0a77xG/9PBPCMwuSCp5keBxp9CAJCHcQweUzBWzTQ+yA8 GBSrgBGWmuezL2oikkIXNlP0tcQaKqVpvUtnt2MXJt9DeoaBsuJIcaZzlCrFLWgf 1kIxpDn6e2UFlLPyLHz8hKMlWsEZeMPZPMI8224a8BwUmoQO1ZIWcJDOUsVgyUdR ZCsqIESRspy9ULI6ZmLoAmpCVsNNrsrZ9bKItLi7jVoyfhg7THUpXtQz0Yk6kbG+ vn4zh9h2wMT0auziWMu9fb5cEKe1ZjMgp2WsKmNko8x7jXfz1MrvICYT5YKbHA5k GJpkydCnwrAIptVGC+fVz1KYEV6LI4sQVpSEdhupsKlU8+l5SmsX4oakzmpeVM5U 6WVtOfQXw84cuRDt2vovqkhz9XhKe/eIXCmaRL3oVx7dikeozKH5rKMCoSQRvaF/ QLPx5FaUq7KTsyYZzB6LSYZBLtGjEsIpkpLWyZ36eGJIm0j3oymte2xgJCm+eReH FIE31FofZus0JxQWIqlnYbj87QnTeqSLhPHICOUeVSjCg101gjAX5R9IvOQlBZ4a RsCl+7zkP8Fsm/OdO/1uo+Q1IMaAzU6fNIRZUHDqhp0fSiMfj8AVvTk9JzNKw0ZM cAGdigLjEHq5eFda5j+i =/l3O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----