On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 09:24:25AM -0400, christophe barbe wrote: > On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: [somebody deleted some attributions here, so I no longer know who said what] > > > > - Architecture: all packages would not get built > > > > > > Well, we just need an arch: all autobuilder and that's it, or one of the > > > autobuilders building the arch: all stuff. > > > > Feel free to set up one. > > I feel like I am missing something here. Could you explain > "Architecture: all packages would not get built"? Is the problem with > binary arch independent packages?
Autobuilders use dpkg-buildpackage -B which does not build Architecture: all. > > I have less problems with the second part of your suggestion ("binary > > uploads where the binary part is ignored"), as long as it's not so > > time-consuming that becomes a problem (which I'm afraid is likely to be > > the case). > > "binary uploads where the binary part is ignored" sounds very good. I > don't expect problems related to "time-consuming" since most binary > uploads are for x86 these days and x86 autobuilder cpu time should not > be very hard to find. Competent human operator time is more valuable and in shorter supply. Cheers, -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]