On 7/11/20 11:25 PM, Sean Whitton wrote: > On Sat 11 Jul 2020 at 08:37PM +02, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote: >>> Could you confirm this issue is not likely to get fixed anytime soon? >> >> 3.10.7+dfsg-1~exp1 FTBFS on eberlin, and 3.10.7+dfsg-1 FTBFS on >> mipsel-manda-02, both had the same issue: "Error: branch out of range". >> >> 3.10.7+dfsg-1 was given back because it was part of the qt transition >> and succeeded on mipsel-aql-01. >> >> I expect a subsequent binNMU or new upload to FTBFS again, so removing >> qgis from mipsel is still a good idea in my opinion. >> >> If we're lucky mips* may not meet the architecture qualifications and be >> removed for bullseye and this qgis not alway building successfully there >> will become moot. > > So, you'd say that the successful build was a random success, and it > *usually* fails? To be honest it seems odd to me remove something based > on a random failure, but if it is much more often than not and you think > the upstream issue is unlikely to get fixed soon, I will trust your > judgement.
The removal was requested to not block the qt transition. To be blunt, I have zero faith that the mips* architectures will become first class citizens able to build complex packages like qgis & mapnik like the other architectures any time soon. Kind Regards, Bas -- GPG Key ID: 4096R/6750F10AE88D4AF1 Fingerprint: 8182 DE41 7056 408D 6146 50D1 6750 F10A E88D 4AF1
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