Ho Wan Chan <[email protected]> wrote: >2013/8/1 Harald Sitter <[email protected]>: >> On Thu, Aug 1, 2013 at 2:29 PM, Ho Wan Chan <[email protected]> >wrote: >>> 2013/8/1 Harald Sitter <[email protected]>: >>> If you don't care, why should we have it then? >> >> If we don't spend time on it and it is tested, why should we not have >it? >> >>>>> Don't forget, we aren't exactly Lubuntu, who wants to support >every >>>>> single old computer. >>>>> Alternate images are what Lubuntu still wants while we have >already dropped it. >>>>> Why should we drop alternate images if we can properly test it, as >in >>>>> coherence to our attitude? >>>> >>>> We didn't test them, that's why alternate was dropped. >>> Think about this. We only have 1 tester for PowerPC. How many >testers >>> do we have for i386 and amd64? >> >> 1.5. And that 1.5 testers were kubuntu developers. Compared to ppc >> which had 1 who was not a kubuntu developer. >1.5. Seriously? I disagree. For the past few months our testing base >has been increasing. >We have one PPC tester. Lubuntu has 4. And 1 isn't enough for anything. >> >>> Alternate images can have a lot of >>> testers. PowerPC will have problems. >> >> Since no one wanted to test alternate images despite them being easy >> to test but one person tests ppc despite being hard to test, doesn't >> that say something about ppc? >> >Well, if you enable them I will test them. >>>> >>>>> So, what are the pros and cons of removing PowerPC image builds? >>>>> >>>>> Pros: >>>>> >>>>> Save testing time on PowerPC builds (and no need to wait for it at >all >>>>> before we can release betas or final releases) >>>> >>>> AFAIK we'd still have to wait for the other flavors and I don't >think >>>> we ever delayed a release for considerable amount of time because >an >>>> architecture that is not x86 based wasn't tested. >>> Well, the only flavour who still supports PowerPC except us is >>> Lubuntu, and that's because they really want to support PowerPC, and >>> they actually spend time contacting release teams and testing even >the >>> dailies. Not in our case. >> >> What's the pro then? >> >I thought the pros are already listed by me... >>>>> Don't have to rely on other testers >>>> >>>> If we are spending time testing while relying on other testers to >test >>>> then something went terribly wrong... >>>> >>> I am sure once we have to contact them since we aren't testing. >> >> 'ping, testing plz' is a substantial time investment. >We can't just go and always say: "Hey Lubuntu, plz help us". They >aren't being accustomed to Kubuntu, don't forget.
Don't be so tribal. I ask for volunteers on #ubuntu-testing. Doesn't matter what they normally run. We do the same for amd64+mac. Scott K -- kubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/kubuntu-devel
