On 28 November 2013 00:04, Steven Chamberlain <ste...@pyro.eu.org> wrote: > Hi josch! > > On 27/11/13 17:58, Johannes Schauer wrote: >> http://mister-muffin.de/p/Gid8.txt >> >> One can see that now the amount of source packages which is needed to build >> the >> rest of the archive is only 383. > > So, there are 383 packages that share the same, maximum value (in this > case 11657) in the second column? > >> Does anybody see enough value in these numbers for source package importance >> in >> the light of bootstrapping Debian (either for a new port or for rebuilding >> the >> archive from scratch)? > > I find the list of 383 packages interesting, at least. I think this > closure is what I had in mind[0] for regular testing of ports' > toolchains and reproducibility of builds. Because each Debian port > depends in some indirect way on the authenticity of these packages. And > likewise any toolchain bugs are most critical here. I just didn't think > there would be so many packages. > > Does the list vary by architecture? I see many odd things in here such > as 'systemd' and 'redhat-cluster' which would be unavailable if trying > to bootstrap a non-Linux port, for example. > > I also find it interesting to see openjdk-7 listed but not gcj; or even > gcc-4.8. Was this computed for jessie or sid?
I guess implicit relationships are not considered: build-essential build-dependencies, and essential dependencies. I would expect for packages in those to sets have the highest rank, since, hypothetically, all packages in debian build-depend & depend on those. Regards, Dmitrijs. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CANBHLUiifmR+_keS3eSQa_b3_CfZ_56o9vBRR8p2SeY=hy9...@mail.gmail.com
