piuparts run by every uploader (was: lintian-like tools in teams / early lintian stories)
also sprach Lars Wirzenius [2009.07.21.1527 +0200]: > piuparts is _intended_ to be run by every uploader, actually. Or > at least that was my intention back when I wrote it. Okay, that wasn't my impression, sorry for spreading FUD. Largely due to the need of maintaining a full chroot just for its use, I thought piuparts had too high of a barrier of entry/maintenance to be used by everyone. Am I completely wrong? Can you estimate how many people are using it for their own packages only? -- .''`. martin f. krafft Related projects: : :' : proud Debian developer http://debiansystem.info `. `'` http://people.debian.org/~madduckhttp://vcs-pkg.org `- Debian - when you have better things to do than fixing systems "alas, i am dying beyond my means." -- oscar wilde digital_signature_gpg.asc Description: Digital signature (see http://martin-krafft.net/gpg/)
Re: piuparts run by every uploader (was: lintian-like tools in teams / early lintian stories)
On Tue, Jul 21, 2009 at 05:22:07PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: > also sprach Lars Wirzenius [2009.07.21.1527 +0200]: > > piuparts is _intended_ to be run by every uploader, actually. Or > > at least that was my intention back when I wrote it. > > Okay, that wasn't my impression, sorry for spreading FUD. > > Largely due to the need of maintaining a full chroot just for its > use, I thought piuparts had too high of a barrier of > entry/maintenance to be used by everyone. Am I completely wrong? Yes. Piuparts can optionally use the pbuilder tarball to build a chroot in a similar way. -- The biometric identification system at the gates of the CIA headquarters works because there's a guard with a large gun making sure no one is trying to fool the system. http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2009/01/biometrics.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
