Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-06 Thread Tollef Fog Heen
* Mike Hommey | On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 08:18:25AM +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | | > For the first, there are well working mirror scripts that prevent that, | | Why on earth aren't they in place on official mirrors ? I *always* get | 404 errors for new packages at the time P

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-05 Thread Mike Hommey
On Tue, Apr 05, 2005 at 08:18:25AM +0200, Andreas Barth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > * Mike Hommey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050403 14:55]: > > I think he's talking about mirrored Packages files being updated before > > all the packages get mirrored and/or arch all packages reaching the > > archive bef

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-04 Thread Andreas Barth
* Mike Hommey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [050403 14:55]: > I think he's talking about mirrored Packages files being updated before > all the packages get mirrored and/or arch all packages reaching the > archive before arch specific builds (except the maintainer's arch), > because of buildd queue. For the

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-03 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > Why, if tests can be automated which tests? Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-03 Thread Adrian Bunk
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 02:26:34PM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Sun, April 3, 2005 05:39, John Hasler said: > >> For instance, let's say we are a food company. Why not check to see if > >> the food is rotten before it gets to the consumer? > > > > That's what Unstable is for. > > Why, if tes

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-03 Thread Mike Hommey
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 02:28:36PM +0200, Bernd Eckenfels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > > It seems there are only minimal checks, so developers can unwittingly > > upload broken packages. > > Any numbers where you can proof your claim? Developers are req

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-03 Thread Bernd Eckenfels
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you wrote: > It seems there are only minimal checks, so developers can unwittingly > upload broken packages. Any numbers where you can proof your claim? Developers are required to test the packages before upload, and I havent noticed any uninstallable package in year

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-03 Thread Petri Latvala
On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 02:26:34PM +0200, Thijs Kinkhorst wrote: > On Sun, April 3, 2005 05:39, John Hasler said: > >> For instance, let's say we are a food company. Why not check to see if > >> the food is rotten before it gets to the consumer? > > > > That's what Unstable is for. > > Why, if tes

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-03 Thread Thijs Kinkhorst
On Sun, April 3, 2005 05:39, John Hasler said: >> For instance, let's say we are a food company. Why not check to see if >> the food is rotten before it gets to the consumer? > > That's what Unstable is for. Why, if tests can be automated, do we have a need to go through the process of spreading a

Re: why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-02 Thread John Hasler
Dan Jacobson writes: > ...Debian Headquarters... There is no such place. > Why isn't this same apt-get check that the user does, also get done > beforehand by the archive patrol? The users of Unstable are the archive patrol. > For instance, let's say we are a food company. Why not check to see

why allow broken packages to get all the way to mirrors?

2005-04-02 Thread Dan Jacobson
It seems there are only minimal checks, so developers can unwittingly upload broken packages. Wouldn't a nightly $ for package in all_of_debian do apt-get --print-uris install $package; done > /dev/null 2>errors_for_inspection done at Debian Headquarters 'catch' them before they are allowed to go