On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 10:44:14PM +0100, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> Doing stuff for a week won't solve squat. Structural things need to 
> change, or the non-i586 archs are DEAD or will require significant 
> manpower to keep up.

Well my point is to make them see the light so those changes can happen.
Frankly I don't think they understand the issues, nor do they care.

> The problem is that:
> - there is /little/ commitment for non-i586 archs;
> - too much stuff is done in a manualy;
> 
> The way I think it should work is that only a src.rpm is uploaded and 
> then built for all archs. If the build fails (for any arch) then it's 
> rejected. That's the only way to keep all archs in sync.
> 
> Also: one central noarch repository. Try to split up the packages into: 
> alpha, i586, ia64, noarch, ppc, x86-64, etc. The noarch tree just 
> doesn't get an installer, the rest does.

Agreed.  But somehow I don't see that as happening.  The best
alternative to an automated build system is to give you guys complete
control over your archs.

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