On Sat, Aug 12, 2006 at 11:08:10AM +0200, Wouter Verhelst wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 09, 2006 at 04:38:20PM -0400, Kevin Mark wrote:
> > So there is ONE w-b for {i386,ppc,...) and there is one buildd for each
> > arch that connects to that ONE w-b?
>
> No. There is one system where wanna-build databases are stored. That
> single one wanna-build system has, of course, multiple databases, but
> there's only one version of wanna-build (the distinction is made with a
> command-line parameter in the form of "-b <arch>/build-db"
>
> There are a number of buildd machines for each arch that connect to that
> one w-b machine and call it correctly, based on their local
> configuration and other things. The number of buildd machines is not
> limited, certainly not to just one (in fact, requirements for etch
> include "having more than one buildd").
>
Hi Wouter,
thanks for the clarification, I will add it to my diagram. Saw you on
opensource21.nl after downloading your video from democracyplayer.
cheers,
Kev
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