On Thursday 12 April 2007 12:39:43 Ingo Schwarze wrote: > Hi Steve, > > STeve Andre' wrote on Thu, Apr 12, 2007 at 10:04:06AM -0400: > > On Thursday 12 April 2007 09:31:47 Christian Weisgerber wrote: > >> Josh Grosse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> Originally submitted in January. Now, with: > >>> > >>> ONLY_FOR_ARCHS= amd64 i386 armish > >>> > >>> as it had been confirmed to run on those platforms, and would not run > >>> on sparc64, nor on vax. > >> > >> It also dies with an alignment error on alpha (in regress). > >> > >> How about actually fixing the code rather than slapping on a list > >> of archs where this accidentally happens to run? > > > > This brings up the issue of wether a porter needs to have access > > to all the arches supported in order to submit something. That it > > fails on the alpha isn't good, but should that preclue its inclusion? > > if it were in the ports tree and someone with an alpha that wanted > > to use it found it didn't work, they could work on it as well. > > > > This is a useful port right now. It could stand to be improved by > > getting it to work on other arches , but should (i386, amd64) be > > deprived of it? > > I fear you miss part of the point. Christian suspects the software > to be buggy. When bugs surface on some archs, who tells you they > are harmless on others, even when they don't cause outright crashes? > > As far as i understand, this is more about getting a correct port > into the tree than about hindering porters doing their work. > Of course, everybody can propose ports tested on one single arch, > but in case bugs are found, working together in order to fix them > does look like a good idea. > > Of course, Josh will need help from someone having access to alpha, > sparc64, or vax. Let's hope someone who can help will get in touch > with Josh... Unfortunately, i have none of these archs. > > Yours, > Ingo
Hello Ingo, I'm aware and agree that the "All the world's an i386" is not good. I have crashed into that enough times in the past. But at the same time, does a port submission have to work on all 14+ architectures to get in the the tree? As it stands now p7zip is useful for several platforms. I'd like to see it get better, and I should stop slacking and do something useful like help stare at it. I'll need to find hardware though. --STeve Andre'
