Just asking... where can i learn about all this gcc-3.4 vs pure64 stuff? I read the debian-amd64-howto and installed my system, but never heard about this two-branches stuff....
thx in advance, Rafael Rodríguez El Viernes, 12 de Noviembre de 2004 23:32, Kurt Roeckx escribió: > On Fri, Nov 12, 2004 at 02:09:30PM -0800, kristian kvilekval wrote: > > Are there any online stats or recommendations > > when to use pure64 vs. gcc-3.4 repositories? > > > > I've noticed that some pure64 missing applications (evolution2) > > are showing up in the gcc-3.4. > > evolution 2.0.2-3 is in pure64 since today. The reason this > took longer to get in pure64 than gcc-3.4 is that I (pure64) > always wait for "upstream debian" to fix it in sid. It was > waiting for evolution-data-server which was fixed in yesterdays > upload which made building evolution (and a few other related) > package possible today. I'm trying to get the difference between > upstream sources and ours as small as possible. > > The gcc-3.4 archive on the other hand applies many more patches > itself, basicly because it has to. There are alot of packages > that fail to build using gcc-3.4, and upstream debian isn't > always that fast with applying patches. > > For the stats part. They just started their daily build cycle, > so I don't know the result of what is going to be installed when > they're done, but here are the currents stats for both archives: > > There are stats available in the "amd64.txt" file and in the > "dists/sid" version of each archive. > > Pure64: > Installed : 5531 () > Installed+all : 8466 () > Needs-Build : 43 > Building : 1 () > Uploaded : 16 () > Failed : 120 > Dep-Wait : 69 () > Failed-Removed : 0 > Dep-Wait-Removed: 0 > Not-For-Us : 94 > total : 5675 > total+all : 8715 > > gcc-3.4: > Installed : 5600 () > Installed+all : 8606 () > Needs-Build : 64 > Building : 0 () > Uploaded : 0 () > Failed : 99 > Dep-Wait : 24 () > Failed-Removed : 0 > Dep-Wait-Removed: 0 > Not-For-Us : 67 > total : 5747 > total+all : 8794 > > > Now, the most interesting part is why are they different? > > The first thing you'll notice is that gcc-3.4 seems to have 69 > pakcakges more installed. And 71 arch all packages more > installed, having a total of 140 packages more installed. > > The arch all package all seem to be related to java. I don't > know if kaffe works on the gcc-3.4 archive, but there are > currently problems with it on i386 and pure64. > > The other are mostly packages that just fail to build and have a > patch available in the bug tracking system, but isn't uploaded > yet. > > Then there are some packages that shouldn't be build on amd64 in > the first place. For instance there are mono (C#) and ada > pacakges in the gcc-3.4 archive for which upstream says amd64 is > not supported. > > > Kurt