On 21/01/12 08:47, Steve Langasek wrote: > On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 11:24:49PM +1300, Michael Cree wrote: >> For the purposes of this RC bug I guess I should try the patch on aboot, >> build it on a PC and see if that is capable of making a working boot >> disc for an Alpha. It may be a few days before I can do that. > > Note that the source package upload must be accompanied by a build of the > Arch: all package built from aboot source, and this package can only be > built on alpha. So there's not much point in preparing a fix that only > fixes the build on non-alpha architectures, and there's also not much point > in preparing a fix without a DD being in a position to build and upload > alpha binary packages.
And that's a fundamental problem. None of us Alpha porters working on the Alpha port at Debian-Ports are DDs, nevertheless we have over 95% of the unstable distribution built, and would like to start work on getting aboot fixed and updated. So what are the possible means of getting around the problem? Me providing a login to an Alpha with an up-to-date unstable chroot? A sponsored upload of aboot? Does that require at least a DM to prepare the package? Cheers Michael. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-rc-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
