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. -- Ben Reser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://ben.reser.org "If you're not making any mistakes, you're flat out not trying hard enough." - Jim Nichols
