On Mon, Jun 04, 2001 at 08:09:52PM +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote: > > Being dual-processor has nothing to do with it :) It could build > > non-US, but is not allowed to. > > 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... > > > packages outside of the US? I don't pretend to fully understand the > > > US export regulations... How do the other arches deal with this? > > > > They build outside the US, or let non-US stagnate. > > Some may let non-free stagnate but non-US seems to hold up main here. If That's impossible. Nothing in main can require non-US - period. That's policy. > 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. Well, maybe you could. But wait until I move the database to ftp-master, anyway. -- Daniel Jacobowitz Debian GNU/Linux Developer Monta Vista Software Debian Security Team
