On 02/09/15 19:47, Luca Bruno wrote: > On Wednesday 02 September 2015 16:53:27 Ximin Luo wrote: > >> 1.4.0~~nightly.20150901+dfsg1-1 built for amd64, all tests passing, uploaded >> here in experimental: >> >> https://people.torproject.org/~infinity0/apt/ >> If people like it, I can upload a version to Debian experimental tomorrow. > > >> I also made a beta version here, but haven't yet had time to build it: >> >> http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/rustc/rustc_1.3.0~beta.3.201508 >> 12+dfsg1-1.dsc > > I have to agree with Angus here, I think that having nightlies in the archive > is really a bad idea, even if just in experimental. > Features are gated for a reason (still being discussed, to be soon removed, > etc.) and it is counterproductive to easily provide them to the wide audience. >
But rust upstream is *already* providing them to a wide audience... I would be more convinced of this argument if they *didn't* release nightlies. Not many projects do this; they made an explicit decision to. > Moreover, due to soname versioning, this means multiple trips through NEW > every release cycle (6 weeks), and I honestly think it's a waste of project's > resources. > > However, I fully see the benefits of building beta channel in order to catch > regressions/bugs earlier (but that one too doesn't expose unstable features > IIRC), and if we have some time we'd better coordinate the efforts for that. > OK, I'll leave this decision to the rest of the team; I don't mind either way. My "switch-channel" script can cope with the beta/nightly builds just as easily, it's just a matter of giving it different parameters. (I will keep updating my personal repo with the nightlies as much as I care to, which may or may not be that often.) However, I will point out that the beta channel, ironically will change the hash name *more often* than the nightly, because it contains a "prerelease" number, i.e.: $ echo -n "1.4.0-nightly" | md5sum | head -c8 35017696 $ echo -n "1.3.0-beta.3" | md5sum | head -c8 42429799 $ echo -n "1.3.0-beta.2" | md5sum | head -c8 6eca8e2b X -- GPG: 4096R/1318EFAC5FBBDBCE git://github.com/infinity0/pubkeys.git
