Given that the 'fix' flows from the move of SJ from Nevada to OpenSolaris, I'd recommend that a 'full build across the board' be planned -- this will get everything up to date, and allow 'old cruft' to be purged from /pending and the SJ logs.
Just a thought. ERR Josh Simons wrote: > I would put promotions on hold until the issue is fixed. Anyone who > requests a promotion > should be informed of the situation and the notified when the problem > is fixed. I assume > all package will need to be rebuilt at that point? Does that mean porters > will need to resubmit their packages for building or is there some way > for SJ to handle this > automatically? Whatever the details, people should be fully informed > of the plan > and any required next actions on their part, if any. > > A further question: If SJ is currently building incorrect packages, > should it be turned > off until the problem is fixed? > > Josh Simons > > > On Jun 8, 2009, at 5:58 AM, Amanda Waite wrote: > >> Why don't we put promotions on hold until the dependency issue is fixed? >> >> Ploticus will probably work ok without having any package >> dependencies listed in its manifest as it seems to only depend on >> what I'll call 'core' packages, but that's not really the point, is >> it? We probably shouldn't be promoting packages just because they >> were fortunate enough to work in spite of this bug. >> >> It's a community issue, what do others think? Should promotion be >> based purely on the package working on a standard OpenSolaris build >> or should all packages be required to correctly list any dependencies? >> >> Amanda >> >> >> Mark Duggan wrote: >>> Hi Josh, >>> >>> You might get a quicker response by posting to sourcejuicer-discuss. >>> I just gave the package a +1. Now you another vote before promotion. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Mark >>> >>> >>> >>> On 06/05/09 21:35, Josh Simons wrote: >>>> Hi, Porters. >>>> >>>> Is a note to this list requesting promotion the correct way to move >>>> a pkg >>>> from pending to contrib? Is there anything else I need to do? >>>> >>>> Josh Simons >>>> >>>> >>>> Begin forwarded message: >>>> >>>>> From: Josh Simons <joshua.simons at sun.com> >>>>> Date: June 2, 2009 3:43:38 PM EDT >>>>> To: sw-porters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>>> Subject: Request for promotion: Ploticus >>>>> >>>>> I've built Ploticus (http://ploticus.sourceforge.net) using >>>>> SourceJuicer and >>>>> have installed and tested the package on 2009.06. (The Juicer >>>>> 'Install' link is >>>>> excellent, BTW.) >>>>> >>>>> I had to apply some minor patches to the community tarball to fix a >>>>> bug that prevented the package from being built correctly. The >>>>> patches >>>>> have been given back to the community and I hope to see them >>>>> incorporated in the next community release. The bug was not >>>>> peculiar to OpenSolaris. >>>>> >>>>> I am requesting: >>>>> >>>>> pkg:/ploticus at 2.41,5.11-0.101:20090601T230557Z >>>>> >>>>> be promoted to contrib. >>>>> >>>>> Review details: http://jucr.opensolaris.org/review/packages/429/ >>>>> Build details: http://jucr.opensolaris.org/build/viewjob/1605/ >>>>> >>>>> Josh Simons >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> sw-porters-discuss mailing list >>>> sw-porters-discuss at opensolaris.org >>>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sw-porters-discuss >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> sourcejuicer-discuss mailing list >>> sourcejuicer-discuss at opensolaris.org >>> http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sourcejuicer-discuss >> > > _______________________________________________ > sw-porters-discuss mailing list > sw-porters-discuss at opensolaris.org > http://mail.opensolaris.org/mailman/listinfo/sw-porters-discuss -- Eric Reid Staff Engineer, Software Sun Microsystems, Inc. Phone: +1 269.629.7238 Cell: +1 269.569.1042 Fax: +1 650.352.4428 Blog: http://blogs.sun.com/err AIM: ereidsan Skype: erreid
