On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:30:46PM +0100, Wouter Verhelst wrote: > Hi, > > My BoF about m68k here at DebConf went quite well; most of the release > team was present, as was James Troup for at least part of it. One thing > that came out of the discussion is that they really, really want 'faster > buildd machines'; apparently someone in the security team (I don't > recall who exactly) is really adamant about this too, because we appear > to be delaying security updates from time to time. Having a faster > machine to build security updates therefore would seem to be necessary. > I'd suggest you go view the video, but unfortunately the power failed > while we were working, so it's probably not there. I strongly suggest that the box buildding security update use distcc+crosscc. This will speed things quite a bit with no risk of breakage since we are using a stable cross-compiler that is well tested.
In my opinion, distcc+crosscc have more potential that aranym, especially for security in term of speed gain and reliability. I believe that if there had been a concerted attempt to use distcc+crosscc on some buildd, we would have been able to get released with Etch. Actually I still believe we can relase m68k as part of etch 4.0r2 or 4.0r3 if we show a real involvement even if merely symbolical. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
