On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Stefan van der Eijk wrote:
> :-( Something needs to be done about this. I've asked for control over > the alpha distro myself, but didn't get a response. Either it's too > complicated, requires too many priviledges or they want to remain in > control, which makes the process slow, in-efficient and definately not > scaleable. > I had that control at one time, and it was taken away. Only through Olivier's lobbying efforts have I regained control to at least update/fix the installer tree. I just don't have the energy to fight these kind of fights. In my past positions I haven't needed to beg/plea for tools, in this case ones that don't cost any $$, to do my job better/right. > Yeah... but only you have access to your repository, and at the end of > the day, that one isn't exposed to the outside world. The paris one is. > If you are making the ISO's that go into the product, then in effect the > people on the cooker-ppc list are testing the wrong product, although > the differences aren't hat big. > Yes, that is a problem. It seems the bulk of the people don't really participate until there are ISOs, possibly for the reasons you've highlighted. > I rebuild them to check if they still rebuild. Quite often something > changes in the distro which has impact on other parts. I see that quite > quickly. It's an automated process, so it doesn't matter. It does, > however, rely heavily on correct dependancies. > Yes, I've seen this too, when my build lags the x86 one. Of course when this is brought to the maintainer's attention, I'm basically igonored or told it's only a PPC issue, so I've given up in that area too. Eventually the issue gets raised on x86 and fixed. Stew Benedict -- MandrakeSoft PPC FAQ: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ppcFAQ.php3 IRC: irc.freenode.net #cooker-ppc Archives: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker-ppc&r=1&w=2
