On Thu, Jun 07, 2001 at 06:25:50PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > > Which, of course, raises the question: why isn't there a powerpc buildd > > > outside the US? Related question: why is Dan the only one running a > > > powerpc buildd? Is tervola still down? Any other powerpc machines on > > > permanent net connection that could be used for this? > > > > It's administration of multiple daemons for one architecture that is > > the real issue. I'm still trying to come up with a good solution for > > this - it's about half written, I think... > > We're currently running six machines for m68k. One has the database > locally, the others use ssh for wanna-build. I fail to see the problem > here (other than getting enough people to process the logs, of course).
Sorry, the paragraph I wrote above says the exact opposite. That's not what I meant at all. PowerPC is not short CPU cycles; voltaire's daily build rarely takes more than a few hours. It's log processing, and my little brain, that are bottlenecks. > > > you could send me a list of non-US packages needing built I can try to set > > > something up (after working out perl and autoconf related kinks in the > > > m68k buildds, and finding a disk to build on). I'd use wanna-build on > > > voltaire myself if I could ;-) > > > > You can't :P For the same reason voltaire can not build them itself, I > > think. > > Huh? All I said is I can't use wanna-build on voltaire (permission > problems). Not that I want to use voltaire to build non-US packages (that > would be a creative interpretation of export regulations :-). I don't > think the fact that the database resides on a US machine conflicts with US > law, right? I'm not sure. I suppose you're right. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team
