On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 03:29:29PM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote: > On Fri, May 16, 2008 at 08:13:08PM +0200, Mike Hommey wrote: > > On Wed, May 14, 2008 at 03:07:44AM +0200, Thibaut VARENE wrote: > > > On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 8:38 AM, Mike Hommey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Are there plans to make hppa machines available to developers in the > > > > near future ? The current ones (paer, penalosa, peri, and sarti) are > > > > either dead (sarti), restricted (penalosa and peri), or locked down > > > > (paer)... That doesn't help maintainers to smoothly deal with hppa > > > > specific bugs. > > > > > > There are machines available to whoever makes a (valid) request to > > > access them. See http://www.parisc-linux.org/cluster.html > > > > Do (some of) these machines have the necessary tools for DDs to do their > > work (i.e. debian toolchain and possibility to install build > > dependencies) ? > > They are not part of the debian security/login infrastructure. > They are intended for kernel developers use but are currently > under utilized. I don't mind a few people applying for access. > But I have no intention of supporting every DD out there. > > My expectation is the vast majority of DD's can use the couple > of machines HP has donated and (I think) Lamont has setup for > debian.org.
Well, right now, the vast majority of DD's can use nothing because of the reasons invoked in my first message... Now, the hidden question in my previous message was who shall i contact for such an access. Considering there are several test rings, which one is more appropriate for debian work ? Mike PS: FWIW, I need to debug the xptcstubs in the xulrunner package. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

