Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-22 Thread Ben Collins
> I don't know why you're asking me; I've already said that I would consider > this configuration acceptable for a release architecture, but that I > wouldn't recommend it to the Sparc porters. What do you mean "wouldn't recommend it to the sparc porters"? And what does your recommendation count f

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-21 Thread Steve Langasek
On Mon, Mar 21, 2005 at 07:08:14AM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > > For sparc, a second buildd was brought on-line on auric this year because > > (IIRC) vore was not keeping up with the upload volume at the time; this > > required effort on DSA's part to clear enough disk space to be able to run a > >

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-21 Thread Ben Collins
> For sparc, a second buildd was brought on-line on auric this year because > (IIRC) vore was not keeping up with the upload volume at the time; this > required effort on DSA's part to clear enough disk space to be able to run a > buildd, until which time sparc was holding some RC bugfixes out of t

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-21 Thread Ben Collins
It's also not something that would totally destroy an architecture's ability to release. Yes, it would be bad, but not the end of the world. On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 02:36:12PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think they are designed too stringent

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-21 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 02:36:12PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I think they are designed too stringently. Guidelines should describe the > > level of stability an arch is required to meet, and let the implementation > > be whatever is needed, o

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-21 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 08:34:44PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > One of my hopes for the new ftp/scc criteria is that buildds will be > much better maintained than they are currently, with a single set of > clear standards, which every single buildd is required to follow, and > with extra bui

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-21 Thread Bill Allombert
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 06:17:10PM -0800, Steve Langasek wrote: > The primary alpha buildd last summer, lully.d.o, went off-line due to > hardware failures and we were left with an under-powered backup, escher, > that was unable to keep up with the package load. This persisted for more > than a mo

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Hamish Moffatt
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 01:26:38PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > speed. I don't recall any architecures falling behind miserably just > because a buildd went down for an extended period, but I do recall some Isn't that the situation with arm right now? Or at least that arm is struggling to recover f

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Steve Langasek
On Sun, Mar 20, 2005 at 01:26:38PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > I think they are designed too stringently. Guidelines should describe the > level of stability an arch is required to meet, and let the implementation > be whatever is needed, on a per arch basis, to meet those requirements. > The guid

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Anthony Towns
Ben Collins wrote: These are all rather moot points anyway. We don't have that kind of redundancy for our own list server, or ftp-master for that matter. I can't speak for the list server or archives, but for ftp-master and bugs.d.o we do have redundancy -- the backups of both on merkel are desig

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Stephen Frost
* Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > The guidelines are aimed at the wrong thing is my point. I agree with this. I also think that this is one of the reasons why there's been so much uproar about them. Stephen signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Ben Collins
I think they are designed too stringently. Guidelines should describe the level of stability an arch is required to meet, and let the implementation be whatever is needed, on a per arch basis, to meet those requirements. The guidelines should not say something like "needs two buildds minimum", but

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I think they are designed too stringently. Guidelines should describe the > level of stability an arch is required to meet, and let the implementation > be whatever is needed, on a per arch basis, to meet those requirements. I think a reasonable requireme

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Why does everyone have a sudden interest in the sparc buildds? It has > always had one buildd until auric was no longer needed for ftp-master. > Things were fine back then, and still fine now. No one complained then, > why is everyone complaining now that

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Ben Collins
Why does everyone have a sudden interest in the sparc buildds? It has always had one buildd until auric was no longer needed for ftp-master. Things were fine back then, and still fine now. No one complained then, why is everyone complaining now that I want to put a better single machine in place?

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-20 Thread Steve Langasek
Hi Ben, On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:32:37PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 06:11:39PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The requirement sucks, lets leave it at that. If the machine dies, I can > > > have two to replace it withi

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 10:48:04PM +0100, David Schmitt wrote: > On Thursday 17 March 2005 07:31, Joel Aelwyn wrote: > > Don't even bother bringing up "redundant fiber". It may be, if it hasn't > > been regroomed, and twenty plus years of network administrators have > > learned the hard way that th

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread David Schmitt
On Thursday 17 March 2005 07:31, Joel Aelwyn wrote: > Don't even bother bringing up "redundant fiber". It may be, if it hasn't > been regroomed, and twenty plus years of network administrators have > learned the hard way that the gun is ALWAYS loaded. The best you can hope > for is a misfire. Debi

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Ben Collins
Read my previous replies. On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 11:01:07AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Andreas Barth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050317 10:54]: > > Ah, so why is vore down now for some time now? If it's so easy to > > that should read as auric of course. > > > Cheers, > Andi

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Ben Collins
Vore isn't down. On Thu, Mar 17, 2005 at 10:54:18AM +0100, Andreas Barth wrote: > * Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050317 03:25]: > > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:31:19PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -080

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Dave Holland
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:32:37PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > Ok, I can guarantee that it never dies. Sorry, but I do not believe you. "Never" is a very strong word. See http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2002/11/msg01926.html Dave -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subje

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Marc Haber
On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 18:30:28 -0500, Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >The requirement sucks, lets leave it at that. If the machine dies, I can >have two to replace it within a day or two. If you happen to be available at that time. Greetings Marc -- --

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Andreas Barth
* Andreas Barth ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050317 10:54]: > Ah, so why is vore down now for some time now? If it's so easy to that should read as auric of course. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Andreas Barth
* Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050317 03:25]: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:31:19PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > > > > >I have

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-17 Thread Andreas Barth
* Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050317 01:30]: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > > >I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I > > >haven't gotten an ok from James to do so yet. > > That wou

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Joel Aelwyn
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 07:32:37PM -0500, Ben Collins wrote: > On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 06:11:39PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > The requirement sucks, lets leave it at that. If the machine dies, I can > > > have two to replace it within a d

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > getting things back. The point of the N+1 rule, as I understand it, > > is to give a different kind of redundancy, so that we don't have to > > wait a day or two. > > How many current debian services are

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > getting things back. The point of the N+1 rule, as I understand it, > is to give a different kind of redundancy, so that we don't have to > wait a day or two. How many current debian services are hosted that way? Greetings Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, e

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Ben Collins
Auric is down, because it is a only a U60. I attempted to move some drives around, and I did put them in the wrong place. The delay in getting it fixed is, as I said, getting a response from James to move the new machine there. No reason to fix auric if I can just replace it. Stop chasing red her

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Stop chasing red herrings, and just get back to work. Sparc has always > been and always will be a maintained architecture. Actually, work right now consists of answering paniced emails from my students worried about their test on Friday, and waiting for

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 06:11:39PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > The requirement sucks, lets leave it at that. If the machine dies, I can > > have two to replace it within a day or two. > > > > The point being, there's no reason to have two sepe

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Ok, I can guarantee that it never dies. The hardrives are raid 5 > configuration, and the power supplies are redundant, and if any of the > three cpu/mem boards goes bad, I can just remove it and let the other two > (4x cpu's and 4gigs ram) run. Then there

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Wed, Mar 16, 2005 at 04:31:19PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > > > >I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid),

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The requirement sucks, lets leave it at that. If the machine dies, I can > have two to replace it within a day or two. > > The point being, there's no reason to have two seperate machines when one > can do the job. As long as it keeps up, then there shoul

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Steve McIntyre
Ben Collins wrote: >On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: >> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >> >I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I >> >haven't gotten an ok from James to do so yet. >> >> That would cut the number of sparc buildd

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > > >I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I > > >haven't gotten an ok from James to do so yet. > > > > That would cu

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-16 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 08:44:49PM -0800, Blars Blarson wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: > >I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I > >haven't gotten an ok from James to do so yet. > > That would cut the number of sparc buildds down to one, when two a

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >> According to db.d.o: > >The complete URL is http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi just for >reference. > >> - auric: RAID is dead (and auric is basically demilitarized since the >>compromise -- not even running a buildd, although I'm not

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Blars Blarson
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: >I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I >haven't gotten an ok from James to do so yet. That would cut the number of sparc buildds down to one, when two are required for RC archtectures under the new proposal. -- Blars Blar

Re: Using Debian funds (was .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates))

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
* Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 17:42]: > > (I'm not sure what you refer to. The only thing I can think of is > > possibly Alioth, but I'm not convinced buying a new machine will help > > at this stage. costa is doing pretty well right now and HP has > > committed to a new box by

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Steve Langasek
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 02:28:13PM +, Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader wrote: > * Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:44]: > > - auric: RAID is dead (and auric is basically demilitarized since the > >compromise -- not even running a buildd, although I'm not sure > >

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:20:07AM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > We can move services to supported architectures, but there is of > > course one major problem: DSA is only willing to host stable .d.o > > boxes but if many architectures don't

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Martin Michlmayr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > We can move services to supported architectures, but there is of > course one major problem: DSA is only willing to host stable .d.o > boxes but if many architectures don't have stable releases, they will > not be able to offer developer accessible po

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:17:54AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > > * Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > * Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:04]: > > > > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines av

Re: Using Debian funds (was .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates))

2005-03-15 Thread Julien BLACHE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> The problem isn't there, it's that we're not used to spending Debian >> funds when we need to. This has already been discussed a couple of >> weeks ago :) > > Where was this and wh

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:17:54AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > * Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:04]: > > > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our > > > > new > > > > spar

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 04:10:49PM +, Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader wrote: > * Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:04]: > > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our new > > > sparc developers. I can't pay to ship them, but if Debian foots

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Ben Collins
On Tue, Mar 15, 2005 at 11:04:42AM -0500, Stephen Frost wrote: > * Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our new > > sparc developers. I can't pay to ship them, but if Debian foots the bill, > > I'll get them to the right ppl.

Re: Using Debian funds (was .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates))

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
* Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 16:47]: > The problem isn't there, it's that we're not used to spending Debian > funds when we need to. This has already been discussed a couple of > weeks ago :) Where was this and what should we (have) spent money on? (I'm not sure what you refer

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > * Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:04]: > > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our new > > > sparc developers. I can't pay to ship them, but if Debian foots the bill, > > > I'll

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
* Stephen Frost <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:04]: > > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our new > > sparc developers. I can't pay to ship them, but if Debian foots the bill, > > I'll get them to the right ppl. > > I'd be willing to help with the shipping bill

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Stephen Frost
* Ben Collins ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Also, this will make two ultrasparc machines available for some of our new > sparc developers. I can't pay to ship them, but if Debian foots the bill, > I'll get them to the right ppl. I'd be willing to help with the shipping bill, and possibly with the h

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Julien BLACHE
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Martin, Thanks for following up. >> BTW, couldn't we get our acts together and buy new disks for all those >> poor machines which disks are dead ? > > If there is demonstrated ne

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Andreas Tille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 16:06]: > > I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I > Suddenly it occures to me that we might have no stable release for > some important machines in our infrastructure once etch is out. We can move services to supported

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Andreas Tille
On Tue, 15 Mar 2005, Ben Collins wrote: I have an e3500 to replace both auric and vore (and the raid), but I Suddenly it occures to me that we might have no stable release for some important machines in our infrastructure once etch is out. H Andreas. -- http://fam-tille.de -- To UNSUBSC

Re: .d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Ben Collins
> As I understand it, the plan was to convert auric into a buildd but > the RAID needs to be fixed. Ben Collins was looking into this but I > don't know about the status. I've also heard discussions several > months ago about using one of Ben's really fast machines. > > This is based on what I'v

.d.o machines which are down (Re: Questions for the DPL candidates)

2005-03-15 Thread Martin Michlmayr - Debian Project Leader
* Julien BLACHE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2005-03-15 11:44]: > > I wonder also, do we still not have some sun donated sparc box > > running part of our infrastructure ? How will that stay if we drop > > sparc support ? > According to db.d.o: The complete URL is http://db.debian.org/machines.cgi just f