Package: release.debian.org Severity: wishlist X-Debbugs-Cc: ni...@thykier.net
Hi,I just file a bug for the build times of riscv possibly being too slow (#1092153). Thinking about it in a more general view, I think it would make sense for Debian to require build times on buildds to have an upper limit for an architecture to qualify. My concrete proposal would be something like 48 hours.
I have not validated if all architectures can meet the proposed 48 hour limit, so take that proposal with some amount of salting. Nevertheless, this metric should be fairly easy to extract automatically from the buildd/wanna-build database.
As for the rationale, slow build times beyond 48 hours affect Debian in ways such as:
* Delays deployment of security fixes in all suites. * Delays testing migration (and thereby RC bug fixes) for packages with autopkgtests. After 5 days of build-time, even packages without autopkgtests get delayed. Best regards, Niels
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