Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-08 Thread Mark Brown
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 04:06:50PM -0400, Roberto C. S?nchez wrote: > On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:57:49PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > I would rather have maintainers spend time improving their packages > > instead of wasting it trying to figure out why some architecture > > fail/refuses t

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Roberto C . Sánchez
On Thu, Aug 07, 2008 at 09:57:49PM +0200, Petter Reinholdtsen wrote: > > [Frank Lichtenheld] > > While I agree with the general sentiment, there is really nothing > > "mysterious" about checking buildd.debian.org (and calling it that > > is just finding excuses for maintainers that don't spend the

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Goswin von Brederlow] > The actual long term solution is the packages-arch-specific file. I assume you know something I do not, as I do not understand what you mean by "the packages-arch-specific file", but I suspect a file is unable to solve a problem with frustration and friction, as that probl

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Frank Lichtenheld] > While I agree with the general sentiment, there is really nothing > "mysterious" about checking buildd.debian.org (and calling it that > is just finding excuses for maintainers that don't spend the time to > check the status of their packages). I would rather have maintainer

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Luk Claes
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [Matthew Johnson] Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for anyon

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: >> Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > [Matthew Johnson] >> >> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide >> >> my package isn't for them, as lon

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Thu, 07 Aug 2008, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: > Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [Matthew Johnson] > >> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide > >> my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for > >> anyone else either... >

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Frank Lichtenheld
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 10:42:53AM +0100, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:33:58AM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU > >> software > >> that can be compiled on an architecture even if

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-07 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Petter Reinholdtsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [Matthew Johnson] >> Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide >> my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for >> anyone else either... > > I agree. Perhaps a new rule should be introduced, that

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-06 Thread Petter Reinholdtsen
[Matthew Johnson] > Or at least didn't block testing migration. I'm happy if porters decide > my package isn't for them, as long as it doesn't stop it being for > anyone else either... I agree. Perhaps a new rule should be introduced, that when a porter flag a package as NFU on a given architect

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-06 Thread Matthew Johnson
On Wed Aug 06 10:42, Steve McIntyre wrote: > Steve Langasek wrote: > >On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:33:58AM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote: > >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU > >> software > >> that can be compiled on an architecture even if it doesn't seem that

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-06 Thread Steve McIntyre
Steve Langasek wrote: >On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:33:58AM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote: >> Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU software >> that can be compiled on an architecture even if it doesn't seem that useful. >> I have the X11 libraries on my NSLU2, which l

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-06 Thread Steve Langasek
On Wed, Aug 06, 2008 at 12:33:58AM -0400, Michael Casadevall wrote: > Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU software > that can be compiled on an architecture even if it doesn't seem that useful. > I have the X11 libraries on my NSLU2, which lacks any graphical output,

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-06 Thread Michael Casadevall
Correct me if I'm wrong, but it seems like a pretty bad idea to NFU software that can be compiled on an architecture even if it doesn't seem that useful. I have the X11 libraries on my NSLU2, which lacks any graphical output, but I use it as an X11 server. That being said, I can see the point from

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-05 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Aug 05, 2008 at 12:21:52PM -0500, John Goerzen wrote: > This seems to happen to me most often on the s390 build daemon, and has > happened with at least 3 to 5 different packages now. (Current example > is hpodder). In fact, I don't think I've ever seen it happen elsewhere. > It seems t

Re: Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-05 Thread Marc 'HE' Brockschmidt
John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Back in the Old Days when I ran an Alpha buildd (years ago), things > never got automatically marked not-for-us; that happened manually. > After asking around on IRC a few weeks ago, there is no longer consensus > that's how it happens now. Does anybody k

Packages getting marked not-for-us

2008-08-05 Thread John Goerzen
Hi, I have been having what is a recurring problem: One of the buildds will (apparently) randomly mark one of my packages not-for-us. That despite the fact that the package built on that buildd in the past, and there's no reason to suggest that architecture has been excluded. This then gets in