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On 01/22/2014 09:01 PM, Matt Turner wrote: |
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> On Wed, Jan 22, 2014 at 12:42 PM, Markos Chandras <hwoarang@g.o> wrote: |
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>> https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=498818 debates the need to |
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>> restore the stable keywords to the @system packages in order to ease |
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>> the build of stage3 tarballs. Right now there is a little bit of |
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>> hackery (read masking) when we build the tarballs since not all the |
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>> latest packages build on MIPS. However, in my opinion, restoring the |
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>> stable keywords on MIPS add extra maintenance effort to an already |
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>> understaffed team by requiring us to test both the latest ~arch and |
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>> the latest stable of all the packages in the @system set. |
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> I've definitely experienced ~arch problems when building stages. Now |
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> that you and Anthony have taken over those tasks, I don't think my |
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> opinion about which is easier (stable @system, or masking versions |
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> during stage building) is relevant. |
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I am building mips64r2 as we speak, and I have no problems at the moment. |
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The usual blockers were python-3 with multilib stuff blah blah |
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(python-3.3 works ok) and texinfo from |
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https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=471192 |
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both seem to be resolved at this point. |
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> I think that you're probably right about the added problems of |
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> attempting to keep a stable @system. Other stable architecture teams |
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> aren't really able to keep up and I'm not convinced that we should |
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> try. |
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Given the limited manpower and hardware we have, I would say it is very |
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hard to dedicate a box for testing a stable @system. If someone wants to |
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take over this role, then fine by me, but we need to make sure he will |
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be around and do this for as long as it takes. |
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Personally, I am happy the way things are at the moment and fixing |
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~arch should be our priority |
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Regards, |
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Markos Chandras |