Re: buildd queue starvation (Was: Re: Do not make gratuitous source uploads just to provoke the buildds!)

2005-03-14 Thread Wouter Verhelst
On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 11:07:29PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > None of the documentation calls it a 'queue', in fact; only people not > > really involved in buildd stuff do. > > Does that include you? In two recent messages, you referred

Re: buildd queue starvation (Was: Re: Do not make gratuitous source uploads just to provoke the buildds!)

2005-03-13 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Wouter Verhelst <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > None of the documentation calls it a 'queue', in fact; only people not > really involved in buildd stuff do. Does that include you? In two recent messages, you referred to it as a queue. > > I can see excellent reasons why age in the list shouldn't

Re: buildd queue starvation (Was: Re: Do not make gratuitous source uploads just to provoke the buildds!)

2005-03-13 Thread Wouter Verhelst
Op za, 12-03-2005 te 21:12 -0800, schreef Thomas Bushnell BSG: > Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > If the queue is non-zero for a longer time, there is a problem in buildd > > machine power, and the wanna-build admin has choosen to in this case > > allocate the buildd power t

Re: buildd queue starvation (Was: Re: Do not make gratuitous source uploads just to provoke the buildds!)

2005-03-12 Thread Thomas Bushnell BSG
Jeroen van Wolffelaar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If the queue is non-zero for a longer time, there is a problem in buildd > machine power, and the wanna-build admin has choosen to in this case > allocate the buildd power that remains to the building of packages that > are of higher priority, re

buildd queue starvation (Was: Re: Do not make gratuitous source uploads just to provoke the buildds!)

2005-03-12 Thread Jeroen van Wolffelaar
On Sun, Mar 13, 2005 at 11:43:41AM +1100, Matthew Palmer wrote: > On Sat, Mar 12, 2005 at 04:24:35PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell BSG wrote: > > What are these "relatively effective workarounds"? > > Not being a buildd admin, I have no idea as to the specifics, but I infer > the existence of these worka