* Tollef Fog Heen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050315 10:50]: > * Andreas Barth
> | For example, the more architectures are included the longer the migration > | testing script takes. We are already at the limit currently (and also > | have out-of-memory issues from time to time). For example, currently we > | restrict the number of some hints to only 5 per day to keep up the > | scripts. Also, the udebs are not taken into account, which requires more > | manual intervention. With a lower number of release architecture, we can > | and will improve our scripts. > Debian has a fairly big chunk of cash lying about. If we have > problems doing testing migration because of not enough hardware, this > is something I think we should spend money on. Or we could ask a > sponsor (hi HP!:) if they would be willing to donate some more memory. Well, that was one of the examples where we pay a price for more architectures. Of course, the testing migration script is not all, and this problem can be solved, but I think we should not forget that we pay a price - even if at the end, we think the price is acceptable. (And, BTW, newraff is a quite mature box. Of course, there is always more and better hardware available, but newraff is already a very good machine. And, we want to give the testing migration script more tasks, like handling of the udebs, which puts load off from human being and on into a script. But that increases the ressources the script uses.) One of the problems is that for every decision (and even for the decision to don't make a decision), we pay a price. There are prices I'm not willing to pay (like another release cycle of the length of sarge) - but well, if Debian goes into that direction, I'll go out of the way. Other people are not willing to pay other prices. My goal is to find a route to take that as many people as possible are considering as acceptable. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
