On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Dariusz Dwornikowski <dariusz.dwornikow...@cs.put.poznan.pl> wrote: > On 16.09.14 01:05:05, Vincent Cheng wrote: >> Hi Dariusz, >> >> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:31 AM, Dariusz Dwornikowski >> <dariusz.dwornikow...@cs.put.poznan.pl> wrote: >> > Package: sponsorship-requests >> > Severity: wishlist >> > >> > Dear mentors, >> > >> > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "raceintospace" >> > >> > * Package name : raceintospace >> > Version : 1.1+dfsg1-1 >> > Upstream Author : Michael K McCarty <mkmcca...@raceintospace.org> >> > Pace Willisson <p...@alum.mit.edu> >> > Krzysztof Kosciuszkiewicz <dr...@users.sf.net> >> > Will Glynn <delta...@lerfjhax.com> >> > * URL : http://www.raceintospace.org/ >> > * License : GPL-2+ >> > Section : games >> > >> > It builds those binary packages: >> > >> > raceintospace - free software version of the Liftoff! board game >> > raceintospace-data - free software version of the Liftoff! board game - >> > data file >> > >> > To access further information about this package, please visit the >> > following URL: >> > >> > http://mentors.debian.net/package/raceintospace >> > >> > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command: >> > >> > dget -x >> > http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/raceintospace/raceintospace_1.1+dfsg1-1.dsc >> > >> > or go directly to the VCS: >> > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-games/raceintospace.git >> > >> > More information about raceintospace can be obtained from >> > http://www.raceintospace.org/ >> > >> > >> > This is the initial release: >> > >> > * Initial release (Closes: #748321) >> >> I recall reviewing this several months back; I haven't looked at it >> again yet, but I remember that there were a number of issues with the >> package at the time that were left unfixed, most notably that the >> build system tries to fetch remote resources during the build itself. >> Has this since been fixed? > > It does not try to fetch anymore if the dependencies are fulffiled. > Now, with the new patch they are. I could completely patch the system > to even not try when there are no deps presents (some weirdo archs > maybe ).
Yes, the build system should _never_ try to fetch any remote resource. If build deps are unsatisfied, the result should be a FTBFS, not an attempt to fetch the missing deps during the build itself; patch the build system if you must in order to ensure this. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-mentors-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACZd_tBz_1oWs=LpdkkfN_KO_=cebahb7mqvcc4km65yq+4...@mail.gmail.com