Hi, James! On Fri, 02 Apr at 19:40 +0100, James Troup wrote: >> - Wait because it's done automatically (if yes, why am I actually uploading >> i386-binaries?) > > This option. > > m68k and powerpc have build daemons which scan for new packages and > compile them. Other architectures are either in the process of > switching or considering switching.
Now, that's really cool. Saves a lot of time. But isn't there a i386 build daemon? It would save a lot of online time for many people (if I think about uploading xemacs...ugh). If there are errors while building, am I notified? Or someone else? > > - Compile it on some remote debian-machine. > > This is a possibility for at least m68k, powerpc and alpha (kullervo, > tervola and faure @ debian.org), but unless you specifically want to > or need to, I wouldn't bother. Na, I don't think I want to. > > BTW: Why is the main Debian-server using qmail (non-free)? Seems a > > bit contradictory to me. But I guess, that doesn't belong here :-) > > We're in the process of switching (to exim for master; va has already > been done, murphy is problematic, none of the other machines ever used > qmail), but it's a non-trivial exercise as we've been using qmail for > a long time and a lot of stuff relies on it. I can imagine that. :-) Thanks, Mika
