On 07/12/2017 02:29 PM, Matthew Miller wrote: > On Wed, Jul 12, 2017 at 02:20:29PM +0200, Florian Weimer wrote: >>> 2018-01-10 is way too early for a mass rebuild from GCC point of view, >>> even if we perform the test mass rebuild over the Christmas break, >>> there won't be enough time to analyze it and fix any GCC issues revealed >>> during that time. GCC bugfixing usually starts around November 15th and >>> needs some time before it can be fixed enough to use widely. >>> Moving the mass rebuild one week earlier than last time >>> is maybe doable, but not one month. And not rebuilding F27 with GCC 8 >>> is a bad idea for both the compiler and Fedora. >> I also expect that the next glibc cycle will be even worse as far as >> glibc stability during the freeze is concerned, so I'm skeptical about a >> rebuild in mid-January as well. > > Do you guys have a suggestion to address this which does not result in > a June or July target date overall? Because I really, really don't want > to do that again.
For glibc, we can perhaps make arrangements that we have the people around to force things into a buildable state. But considering upstream's freeze policies, it's still risky. Florian _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe send an email to devel-le...@lists.fedoraproject.org
