On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:49:48PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: > > Also, there is a substantial number of packages which contain only python > > code (or perl, ruby), or only LaTeX classes, or only documentation. It > > makes no sense to test them on each arch separately. I think maintainers > > should be allowed to stabilize such packages (with no compiled code) on > > all arches. > There is a reason we don't do this, back in Gentoo history somewhere, but I > don't remember what it was. > > If someone can tell us why this isn't allowed I am all ears. Otherwise, > I could agree on this point as well. I vaguely recall an example of some non-compiled Perl code that wasn't portable over architectures.
However I feel that should really be the exception, not the general case. -- Robin Hugh Johnson Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead E-Mail : [email protected] GnuPG FP : 11ACBA4F 4778E3F6 E4EDF38E B27B944E 34884E85
