Hi! On Wed, 2024-11-06 at 17:28:38 +0500, Andrey Rakhmatullin wrote: > On Wed, Nov 06, 2024 at 10:43:07AM +0100, Emanuele Rocca wrote: > > As a final thought, given that new toolchain versions bring multiple > > improvements over the years it's perhaps worth thinking about rebuilding > > the archive on some sort of regular basis to make sure we get the > > benefits? > > "Let's at least force rebuilds all packages not rebuilt since stable > before every freeze starts" is a popular opinion.
Of course, as Emanuele mentions doing mass rebuilds, which seems to be more common nowadays, can bring benefits from toolchain improvements (potentially all layers from compilers, to packaging tools). But routinely rebuilding and _uploading_ the results also comes with its drawbacks. For one it will hide ABI breaks. Having packages not get upgraded during a Debian release upgrade has also been a good and easy indicator for end users that those packages are stale and perhaps it's time to look for alternatives. Thanks, Guillem
