Re: Re: source-only uploads

2017-09-17 Thread peter green
Andrey Rahmatullin writes ("Re: source-only uploads"): > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:47:41PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > Just yesterday I completely broke a key package used to build > > many Java packages, and I couldn't even rebuild it to fix the issue. >

Re: source-only uploads

2017-09-01 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 07:18:58PM +0100, Ian Jackson wrote: > Andrey Rahmatullin writes ("Re: source-only uploads"): > > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:47:41PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > > Just yesterday I completely broke a key package used to build > > &g

Re: source-only uploads

2017-09-01 Thread Ian Jackson
Andrey Rahmatullin writes ("Re: source-only uploads"): > On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:47:41PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > > Just yesterday I completely broke a key package used to build > > many Java packages, and I couldn't even rebuild it to fix the issue. >

Re: source-only uploads

2017-09-01 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Sep 01, 2017 at 12:47:41PM +0200, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > Just yesterday I completely broke a key package used to build > many Java packages, and I couldn't even rebuild it to fix the issue. Why? Does it B-D on itself? -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc Description: PGP signature

Re: source-only uploads

2017-09-01 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
> and after someone > has implemented a solution for that there is no blocker left for > allowing only source-only uploads from maintainers. I'm all for source-only uploads and I adopted them recently, but I hope this restriction won't happen, or at least not without a derogation mechanism. Just

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-27 Thread Neil McGovern
On Sun, Nov 25, 2012 at 01:32:16PM -0500, Barry Warsaw wrote: On Nov 23, 2012, at 03:06 PM, YunQiang Su wrote: you always need to build for one arch and test, then why not upload it? I think there are a lot of good reasons to do source-only uploads, even when you should be building locally

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-25 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Nov 23, 2012, at 03:06 PM, YunQiang Su wrote: you always need to build for one arch and test, then why not upload it? I think there are a lot of good reasons to do source-only uploads, even when you should be building locally for testing purposes. * Reproducibility - buildds provide a more

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads

2012-11-24 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
]] Gunnar Wolf Didier Raboud dijo [Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:21:19PM +0100]: Actually, I like that way to put it as it leaves us with multiple ways forward: * accept source-only; * drop uploaded binaries; I would join this camp as well. Without the working knowledge of being a DSA

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-23 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Didier Raboud dijo [Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:21:19PM +0100]: I am asking why, when I had a reason to do so, was not able to do a source-only upload. Is this a feature of dak, or a policy enforcement? Both. I'd argue that it's a bug in both. BTW, can we have this as a

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads

2012-11-23 Thread Thomas Goirand
On 11/24/2012 12:30 AM, Gunnar Wolf wrote: I would join this camp as well. Without the working knowledge of being a DSA or buildd-admin, I cannot assure how much would this increase our workload, but it would probably just mean rebuilding for the most popular architectures (that is, AMD64 or

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-22 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:21:19PM +0100, Didier Raboud wrote: What is yet unclear is if we want to build all (as in arch:any+all) or all (as in arch:any) packages on buildds. Are there any reasons to not built arch:all on buildds aside from technical problems? -- WBR, wRAR signature.asc

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-22 Thread YunQiang Su
you always need to build for one arch and test, then why not upload it? On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Andrey Rahmatullin w...@wrar.name wrote: On Wed, Nov 21, 2012 at 09:21:19PM +0100, Didier Raboud wrote: What is yet unclear is if we want to build all (as in arch:any+all) or all (as

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-22 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 03:06:22PM +0800, YunQiang Su wrote: you always need to build for one arch and test, then why not upload it? How is that related to my question? Also, please don't top-post and dont send me copies. On Thu, Nov 22, 2012 at 4:33 PM, Andrey Rahmatullin w...@wrar.name wrote:

release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-21 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Dienstag, 20. November 2012, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: I am asking why, when I had a reason to do so, was not able to do a source-only upload. Is this a feature of dak, or a policy enforcement? Both. I'd argue that it's a bug in both. BTW, can we have this as a release

Re: release goal for jessie! (Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-21 Thread Didier Raboud
Le mercredi, 21 novembre 2012 20.59:02, Holger Levsen a écrit : Hi, On Dienstag, 20. November 2012, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh wrote: I am asking why, when I had a reason to do so, was not able to do a source-only upload. Is this a feature of dak, or a policy enforcement? Both.

Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-21 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 20 November 2012 12:23, Henrique de Moraes Holschuh h...@debian.org wrote: On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: I am sorry, if I was not clear. I am aware of the last iteration, but I am not enquiring about the default policy within debian as to how we should upload by default. I

Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-20 Thread Dmitrijs Ledkovs
On 20 November 2012 11:14, Andrey Rahmatullin w...@wrar.name wrote: On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 11:10:37AM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: Source-only uploads are not allowed. Why not? May I request a binNMU for the architecture (amd64) I upload? I currently do not have facilities to build the

Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-20 Thread Henrique de Moraes Holschuh
On Tue, 20 Nov 2012, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: I am sorry, if I was not clear. I am aware of the last iteration, but I am not enquiring about the default policy within debian as to how we should upload by default. I am asking why, when I had a reason to do so, was not able to do a source-only

Re: Source-only uploads (was: procenv_0.9-1_source.changes REJECTED)

2012-11-20 Thread Andrey Rahmatullin
On Tue, Nov 20, 2012 at 12:08:13PM +, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: If it's a policy enforcement, I am ok with it. Otherwise, I'd would like to see dak accept those. I have a vague recollection of a UDD presentations which did list count of DDs doing source-only uploads. source+all uploads

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-02 Thread Roland Stigge
On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 02:41, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Source only uploads were afaik disabled because the uploaded source would just disapear and never enter the archive afaik. It was just easier to block them than to fix the archive scripts I guess. Just trying it (for fun, see package

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-02 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Dec 01, 2003 at 10:09:34PM +0100, Roland Stigge wrote: Finally, the decision isn't just technical. Ah, the inevitable cry of the advocate of the technically inferior approach. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `'

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-01 Thread Steve Greenland
On 01-Dec-03, 08:26 (CST), Roland Stigge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Unfortunately, there wasn't much response to this. Maybe this is related to the big Debian KO. Or maybe because making technical decisions by voting is silly. Steve -- Steve Greenland The irony is that Bill Gates claims

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-01 Thread Andreas Barth
* Roland Stigge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [031201 15:55]: On Sat, 2003-11-15 at 14:50, Roland Stigge wrote: [...] Instead, I volunteer to host a small, unofficial and non-anonymous survey to get an impression of the community's opinion. If you are a Debian Developer, please send me a private

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-01 Thread Roland Stigge
Hi Steve, Unfortunately, there wasn't much response to this. Maybe this is related to the big Debian KO. Or maybe because making technical decisions by voting is silly. At this stage, I personally decided that more official efforts wouldn't be appropriate just to reflect the community's

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-01 Thread Zenaan Harkness
On Tue, 2003-12-02 at 01:26, Roland Stigge wrote: Meanwhile, I strongly suggest the utilization of pbuilder{,-uml} to increase quality. Some developers (not the ones who participated here) I talked with have never used these tools. Their usage will prevent many of those stupid FTBFS bugs.

Re: Source only uploads? -- Survey evaluation

2003-12-01 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Roland Stigge [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi Steve, Unfortunately, there wasn't much response to this. Maybe this is related to the big Debian KO. Or maybe because making technical decisions by voting is silly. At this stage, I personally decided that more official efforts wouldn't

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Paul Hampson
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:07:33PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: I think a third (or, after reading some replies to this same mail, fourth, fifth or nth) way could be used: Binary packages enter Sid as usual. Now, after the 10-day period, when they are ready to enter Testing, they are autobuilt.

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Mark Brown
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 09:52:14AM +1000, Brian May wrote: 1. A package may not be important to developers, but is still important to users. Alternatively, developers may simply recompile the package without submitting a bug report. One would hope that developers would bother filing a bug

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Paul Hampson dijo [Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 02:19:53PM +1000]: Oh, now we've gotten the build packages against Testing debate intermingled with the autobuild everything debate? At least, that's how I read that last paragraph... I was _expecting_ (based on the rest of the email) that you meant

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:55:50PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: Hi, Am So, den 19.10.2003 schrieb Andrew Suffield um 21:08: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 05:57:55PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: The proposal was All packages should be built in an artificial environment of this form. I have

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:07:33PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: Andrew Suffield dijo [Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 07:57:20AM +0100]: So, we have two scenarios. Let the package be broken in such a way that it builds differently on different platforms. a) All packages uploaded to the archive are

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:55:50PM +0200, Joachim Breitner wrote: Am So, den 19.10.2003 schrieb Andrew Suffield um 21:08: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 05:57:55PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: The proposal was All packages should be built in an artificial environment of this form. I have pointed out

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 09:11:28AM +1000, Andrew Pollock wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:08:27PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Sure, sure. Just give me one real world reason why it is not good to build in an artificial environment like you call it (either pbuilder or an autobuilder) and

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 07:46:27PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 12:13:22PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: b) The package is uploaded from real-world environments. Sometimes it breaks; when this happens the bug

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Andrew Suffield dijo [Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 07:12:22PM +0100]: Strictly as stated, your goal is accurate, but as implied, it is not. You are implying that this applies only to binary packages. I say that failing to function when built in anything but a particular artificial environment is a

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* John Hasler | Matt Zimmerman writes: | This premise assumes that only developers use unstable, and in my | experience this is very far from the truth. | | It is true that some packages go into testing without having been tested on | all platforms. Some packages probably go into stable

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-21 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 03:12:17PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: beyond any recognition - but the basic idea stands. I would prefer not letting packages into testing which were not autobuilt. Another argument: trojaned binaries can more easyly happen on hundrets of machines with differen secuirty

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:39:54AM +1000, Brian May wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:08:11PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: And you also volunteer to replace the autobuilders and build _every_ package out there by hand on _every_ architecture ? Have you seriously thought about what

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Andrew Suffield wrote: a) All packages uploaded to the archive are built in an artifical environment. All packages in the archive function as expected. b) The package is uploaded from real-world environments. Sometimes it breaks; when this happens the bug is noticed and corrected, so

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:08:11PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 05:57:55PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:39:05PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 03:32:41PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Its good for the

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 07:57:20AM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:39:54AM +1000, Brian May wrote: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:08:11PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: And you also volunteer to replace the autobuilders and build _every_ package out there by hand on

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 09:39:54AM +1000, Brian May wrote: So, we have two scenarios. Let the package be broken in such a way that it builds differently on different platforms. a) All packages uploaded to the archive are built in an artifical

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, what if we stick to our principle the maintainer knows best and provide the infrastructure for source only uploads, but leave it to the maintainer whether he wants to do so. Some here think buildd'ed packages are better, some think their building the packages themselves is better. So just the

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread John Hasler
Goswin writes: So far the best suggestion for this problem I have heart was to allow (require) binary uploads but to hold them back and autobuild everything for all archs. Or hold them back until at least one autobuild succeeds. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:51:20AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: Hi, Andrew Suffield wrote: a) All packages uploaded to the archive are built in an artifical environment. All packages in the archive function as expected. b) The package is uploaded from real-world environments.

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
I disagree with the parent mail in every respect. -- .''`. ** Debian GNU/Linux ** | Andrew Suffield : :' : http://www.debian.org/ | `. `' | `- -- | signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 12:13:22PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: b) The package is uploaded from real-world environments. Sometimes it breaks; when this happens the bug is noticed and corrected, so that the package always builds the same way. Why would it ever be noticed? That only

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:55:40AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Seriously, i perfectly understood what you are proposing, and i think you don't realize the things involved for making such a proposal. Think about it seriously, and you will see why your proposal is not a good idea. FUD. Go away.

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Sven Luther
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:24:54PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:55:40AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Seriously, i perfectly understood what you are proposing, and i think you don't realize the things involved for making such a proposal. Think about it seriously, and

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Joachim Breitner
Hi, Am So, den 19.10.2003 schrieb Andrew Suffield um 21:08: On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 05:57:55PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: The proposal was All packages should be built in an artificial environment of this form. I have pointed out that this is a braindamaged idea. Well, any maintainer that

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 08:01:08AM -0500, John Hasler wrote: Goswin writes: So far the best suggestion for this problem I have heart was to allow (require) binary uploads but to hold them back and autobuild everything for all archs. Or hold them back until at least one autobuild

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 12:13:22PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: b) The package is uploaded from real-world environments. Sometimes it breaks; when this happens the bug is noticed and corrected, so that the package always builds the same

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 10:51:20AM +0200, Matthias Urlichs wrote: c) The package is uploaded from the real-world environment where it works, built on the architecture 99% of the users have. The breakage in the other architectures' autobuilt packages is not noticed until after Sarge, and/or

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Andrew Suffield dijo [Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 07:57:20AM +0100]: So, we have two scenarios. Let the package be broken in such a way that it builds differently on different platforms. a) All packages uploaded to the archive are built in an artifical environment. All packages in the archive

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread John Hasler
I wrote: Or hold them back until at least one autobuild succeeds. Wouter Verhelst writes: You're going to have to explain this one to me. You want to hold them back (not try to build them) until one build succeeds? Hold back the maintainer's binary upload until at least one autobuild

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread John Hasler
Gunnar Wolf writes: I think a third (or, after reading some replies to this same mail, fourth, fifth or nth) way could be used: Binary packages enter Sid as usual. Now, after the 10-day period, when they are ready to enter Testing, they are autobuilt. Only the autobuilt version hits Testing.

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Branden Robinson
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 11:03:03AM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: A Malicious maintainer has installed a version of libc or whatever on his system that opens the way to a security hole. Because, of course, a malicious buildd admin or member of the Debian Security Team is a flat impossibility, as is

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Gunnar Wolf
John Hasler dijo [Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 03:25:45PM -0500]: Gunnar Wolf writes: I think a third (or, after reading some replies to this same mail, fourth, fifth or nth) way could be used: Binary packages enter Sid as usual. Now, after the 10-day period, when they are ready to enter Testing,

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Andrew Pollock
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:08:27PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Sure, sure. Just give me one real world reason why it is not good to build in an artificial environment like you call it (either pbuilder or an autobuilder) and i will go away, as you say. Yes, please do. I've been following this

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Brian May
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:17:40PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: c) The package is uploaded from the real-world environment where it works, built on the architecture 99% of the users have. The breakage in the other architectures' autobuilt packages is not noticed until after Sarge, and/or

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Matt Zimmerman
On Tue, Oct 21, 2003 at 09:52:14AM +1000, Brian May wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:17:40PM -0400, Matt Zimmerman wrote: If a broken package is not noticed in unstable, the package must not be particularly important to anyone. I disagree. 1. A package may not be important to

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 02:07:33PM -0500, Gunnar Wolf wrote: I think a third (or, after reading some replies to this same mail, fourth, fifth or nth) way could be used: Binary packages enter Sid as usual. Now, after the 10-day period, when they are ready to enter Testing, they are autobuilt.

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread John Hasler
Matt Zimmerman writes: This premise assumes that only developers use unstable, and in my experience this is very far from the truth. It is true that some packages go into testing without having been tested on all platforms. -- John Hasler [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler) Dancing Horse Hill

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-20 Thread Neil Roeth
On Oct 21, Andrew Pollock ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Oct 20, 2003 at 06:08:27PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Sure, sure. Just give me one real world reason why it is not good to build in an artificial environment like you call it (either pbuilder or an autobuilder) and i

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Sven Luther: 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 have my personal i386 autobuilder running that way for some months now. It makes sense; I certainly have

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread Sven Luther
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:39:05PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 03:32:41PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Its good for the autobuilders to check again if a package builds in a mainly minimal environment. That's an argument for building it *once* in such an

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 05:57:55PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 09:39:05PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 03:32:41PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Its good for the autobuilders to check again if a package builds in a mainly minimal

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op zo 19-10-2003, om 15:25 schreef Matthias Urlichs: [...] For example, we could block a package from building when two other autobuilders have reported a failure on it. That would have the added benefit to place somewhat less load on already-overworked architectures like m68k. Please, no.

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread John Hasler
Wouter Verhelst writes: Our autobuilder architecture is only half-automated for a reason. I won't trust any computer to *reliably* decide whether a build failed because of a transitional problem (unresolved build-depends, network problems, ...), because it shouldn't be built (architecture

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread Matthias Urlichs
Hi, John Hasler wrote: Yes, but it seems to me that if a package fails on the first two (or maybe three) architectures Thanks for the first; that additional word improves the heuristic significantly. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Disclaimer: The

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-19 Thread Brian May
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003 at 08:08:11PM +0100, Andrew Suffield wrote: And you also volunteer to replace the autobuilders and build _every_ package out there by hand on _every_ architecture ? Have you seriously thought about what you are proposing here ? What are you talking about? I'm not

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-18 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 04:30:03PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Sure, the ideal would be to rebuild everything in pbuilder Stop. Who has been perpetrating this myth? It's idiotic. The objective is not to create Debian packages that build in an artificial environment. The objective is to create

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-18 Thread Goswin von Brederlow
Andrew Suffield [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 04:30:03PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Sure, the ideal would be to rebuild everything in pbuilder Stop. Who has been perpetrating this myth? It's idiotic. The objective is not to create Debian packages that build in an

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-18 Thread Andrew Suffield
On Sat, Oct 18, 2003 at 03:32:41PM +0200, Goswin von Brederlow wrote: Its good for the autobuilders to check again if a package builds in a mainly minimal environment. That's an argument for building it *once* in such an environment. It is definitely not an argument that it should only be built

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:52:38PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:48:33PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: Hi, a few days ago, I uploaded an emacs mode package (all) source only w/o problems to ftp-master. Today, a source only upload was rejected. Why? I think, we

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:25:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:52:38PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:48:33PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: Hi, a few days ago, I uploaded an emacs mode package (all) source only w/o problems to

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread christophe barbe
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: - 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

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:25:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:52:38PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:48:33PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: Hi, a few days ago, I

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Colin Watson
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

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:12:14PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Since experimental isn't autobuilt, I fail to see your point. Well, try to install the quark 3.21-1 package on your system for example then, and you will see what i

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
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: - 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

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:48:00PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 03:12:14PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Since experimental isn't autobuilt, I fail to see your point. Well, try to install the quark 3.21-1

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:35:17PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: 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:

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op vr 17-10-2003, om 15:12 schreef Sven Luther: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:25:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:52:38PM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote: Please search the list archives for the reasons

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Sven Luther
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:27:15PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Op vr 17-10-2003, om 15:12 schreef Sven Luther: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:25:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 01:52:38PM -0400, Daniel

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Nick Lopez
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 05:27:15PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: Op vr 17-10-2003, om 15:12 schreef Sven Luther: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:25:04PM +0200, Sven Luther wrote: Are you considering the fact that our current buildd

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-17 Thread Branden Robinson
On Fri, Oct 17, 2003 at 02:53:48PM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote: The reason why source only uploads are bad, is that they encourage bad practice such as people not checking the build. More precisely, they fail to discourage it. There is not actually any positive reinforcement for uploading an

Re: Source only uploads?

2003-10-15 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003 at 07:48:33PM +0200, W. Borgert wrote: Hi, a few days ago, I uploaded an emacs mode package (all) source only w/o problems to ftp-master. Today, a source only upload was rejected. Why? I think, we should get rid of binary uploads... Cheers! Please search the list

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread Adam Heath
On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Jonathan Hseu wrote: Last I asked on #debian-devel, source-only uploads aren't allowed (as in, you can't just upload the orig.tar and the diff. With auto-builders in place, is there any reason why? They are allowed. See pine. There are reasons why source-only uploads

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 03:26:10AM -0600, Adam Heath wrote: On Mon, 31 Dec 2001, Jonathan Hseu wrote: - Wouldn't the binaries be more trusted if they came from auto-builders anyways? So that way a maintainer can't just stick something in there that's not in the source code. I would

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread John H. Robinson, IV
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:59:04AM +, Mark Brown wrote: Conversely, I would sometimes like to be able to get my arch-specific and arch-independant packages built by the build daemons in order to detect build time errors that don't show up on my own system (missing build deps, for

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:05:05AM -0800, John H. Robinson, IV wrote: a clean chroot will solve that one for you. besides, the buildd's may still have an un-listed build dependency, from a previous build. It would still be nice to have the external check. -- You grabbed my hand and we fell

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread John R. Daily
At (time_t)1009793105 John H. Robinson, IV wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 09:59:04AM +, Mark Brown wrote: Conversely, I would sometimes like to be able to get my arch-specific and arch-independant packages built by the build daemons in order to detect build time errors that don't

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread Junichi Uekawa
In Mon, 31 Dec 2001 09:59:04 + Mark cum veritate scripsit : Conversely, I would sometimes like to be able to get my arch-specific and arch-independant packages built by the build daemons in order to detect build time errors that don't show up on my own system (missing build deps, for

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread Mark Brown
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:19:24PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: Are we trying to force users to use binary packages that even the maintainer of the package has not tried to install/run ? We do all the time. I expect the majority of the packages on the machine I'm typing this on have not been

Re: Source-only uploads

2001-12-31 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 02:34:56PM +, Mark Brown wrote: On Mon, Dec 31, 2001 at 08:19:24PM +0900, Junichi Uekawa wrote: Are we trying to force users to use binary packages that even the maintainer of the package has not tried to install/run ? We do all the time. I expect the majority