On Thu, 3 Aug 2006, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> Hi all, > > I don't know what everyone else thinks about it here, but it would > appear to me that making it in time for Etch is not going to happen > anymore now. > * Too many compiler bugs Do you have the toolchain bug IDs at hand? > * As a result, too many uncompiled packages since *ages*. We haven't > been over the 95% mark of the buildd.debian.org "graph" (as opposed to > "graph2") since almost a year, if I'm not mistaken, which is just > terribly bad. I may be able help with some compute cycles, as I've just obtained a Quadra 840AV. Assuming a working tool chain, I'd play off the backlog delay against usual release delays caused by other architectures and other issues. > * Even if we *would* be able to fix our toolchain in time (I would find > that highly unlikely, but still), then it would take us at least some > weeks, if not months, to compile away our backlog. There are some > large packages in failed and dep-wait currently. > > I'm a bit pessimistic about the future of our port currently. What are > everyone else's thoughts on this? > > Should we just accept that we're not going to make it, or am I being too > quick to forget about it here? Assuming a broken tool chain, yes, the port is defunct. -f -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
