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On Tue, Jan 14, 2014 at 10:49:48PM -0600, William Hubbs wrote: |
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> > Also, there is a substantial number of packages which contain only python |
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> > code (or perl, ruby), or only LaTeX classes, or only documentation. It |
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> > makes no sense to test them on each arch separately. I think maintainers |
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> > should be allowed to stabilize such packages (with no compiled code) on |
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> > all arches. |
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> There is a reason we don't do this, back in Gentoo history somewhere, but I |
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> don't remember what it was. |
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> If someone can tell us why this isn't allowed I am all ears. Otherwise, |
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> I could agree on this point as well. |
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I vaguely recall an example of some non-compiled Perl code that wasn't |
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portable over architectures. |
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However I feel that should really be the exception, not the general |
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case. |
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Robin Hugh Johnson |
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Gentoo Linux: Developer, Infrastructure Lead |
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E-Mail : robbat2@g.o |
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