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On Mon, 12 Jan 2004 08:44:43 -0500 |
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"John Davis" <zhen@g.o> wrote: |
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> Expect this to happen time to time with releases. Since we no longer |
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> have a 'package freeze', issues like this will be encountered. |
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Last minute changes like this though seem to be more due to a lack of |
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proper planning than some ultra crucial bug or security fix. |
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> I would say that by the end of this week (the 16th), you will be safe to |
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> make a final snapshot. The purpose of this testing week was to identify |
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> things like the openssl problem ;) |
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Then I will not be able to have anything ready to release at LWE, which |
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was the purpose of the original release date. |
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Not all architectures can build the components for a release in the time |
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that x86 and faster PPCs can. I know this point comes back up every |
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release cycle, but the behavior does not change. Even on a fast sparc64 |
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box, it'll still take close to a week to build everything (stages, GRP |
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and LiveCD), granted there are no problems. |
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Perhaps I'm unfair in this assessment, but because of repetitive problems |
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like this, I really feel like non-x86 arches are like 2nd class citizens. |
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> I know this may be frustrating, but hang in there. As far as I know, |
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> openssl and baselayout are the only system packages that are going to be |
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> bumped, and they should both be bumped by Friday (brad willing :) ). |
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Yes, this is extremely frustrating when trying provide quality releases in |
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a timely fashion. |
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Jason Wever |
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Gentoo/Sparc Team Co-Lead |