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On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 4:38 PM Sergei Trofimovich <slyfox@g.o> wrote: |
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> On Thu, 11 Oct 2018 17:10:10 +0200 |
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> Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o> wrote: |
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> > Let me quote https://gitweb.gentoo.org/repo/gentoo.git/commit/?id=f6f6bb91b7f134a121ef9fa1dd504b9ca52c5aa8: |
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> > > net-dns/dnssec-root: Blind stable on arm, critical bug 667774 |
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> > > Note that this is a major fail for a stable architecture. |
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> > > In addition, all arm devboxes are currently offline. |
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> > > Bug: https://bugs.gentoo.org/667774 |
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> > > Signed-off-by: Andreas K. Hüttel <dilfridge@g.o> |
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> > > Package-Manager: Portage-2.3.49, Repoman-2.3.11 |
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> > ...and now let's all sit down and enjoy how stable ARM users lose access |
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> > to the Internet and have to figure out how to deactivate DNSSEC to get |
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> > back online. ;] |
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> > Maybe it is time to destabilize ARM on Gentoo to stop the impression |
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> > that we really support ARM. |
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> [ CC: arm@ ] |
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> A few points to think about: |
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> 1. I have read this as a direct statement that ARM is not maintained. |
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> I don't think it is a fair (or constructive) assessment of team's work |
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> on ARM front. |
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It's maintained, but in my experience it's often the last architecture |
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to handle a bug. Often by a wide margin. |
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Take a look at the shapes these graphs: |
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https://www.akhuettel.de/gentoo-bugs/arches.php |
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maekke and zlogene do a lot of arm stabilizations, but I'm sure it's |
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too much work for two people alone, especially if all the arm devboxes |
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are offline (WTF?). |
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