On Tue, Feb 28, 2012 at 08:25:31PM +0100, Jakub Wilk wrote: > * Steve McIntyre <st...@einval.com>, 2012-02-28, 16:20: > >I've just done lots of QA work tracking down build failures while > >bootstrapping a new architecture, typically in pet packages that > >have gone largely unmaintained after a small number of uploads. > > Out of curiosity, why are pet packages important for bootstraping a > new architecture?
All build failures have to be investigated and it will take non-zero time to discover that such a package is not very important. Also, release qualification for architectures <http://release.debian.org/wheezy/arch_policy.html> requires building the vast majority of the archive (suggested borderline is 98%). Ben. -- Ben Hutchings We get into the habit of living before acquiring the habit of thinking. - Albert Camus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120228201603.gm12...@decadent.org.uk
