On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 5:49 AM, William Hubbs <willi...@gentoo.org> wrote: >> Also, there is a substantial number of packages which contain only python >> code (or perl, ruby), or only LaTeX classes, or only documentation. It >> makes no sense to test them on each arch separately. I think maintainers >> should be allowed to stabilize such packages (with no compiled code) on >> all arches. > > There is a reason we don't do this, back in Gentoo history somewhere, but I > don't remember what it was. > > If someone can tell us why this isn't allowed I am all ears. Otherwise, > I could agree on this point as well.
Yeah, as the python team lead, I feel we could definitely stick some policy bits in (almost) all python packages that says stable for one arch means stable for all arches. Sure, there'd be some fallout, but I suspect that would be very limited, and in return only one arch tester (or the maintainer!) can stabilize for all architectures. Cheers, Dirkjan
