Re: New tracker bugs for the use of ExcludeArchs in packages

[Hans de Goede <j w r degoede hhs nl>]

Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> Am Sonntag, den 29.01.2006, 13:32 +0100 schrieb Hans de Goede:
> > Thorsten Leemhuis wrote:
> > > Sorry for crossposting -- replies please only to fedora-extras-list.
> > > tia!
> > >
> > > Just FYI, I created several new tracker bugs:
> > >
> > > 179258 - FE-ExcludeArch-x86
> > > 179259 - FE-ExcludeArch-x64
> > > 179260 - FE-ExcludeArch-PPC 
> > >
> > > How should they get used? Simple: If you have a packages that uses 
> > > ExcludeArch or ExclusiveArch to exclude some architectures from the
> > > build you need to file a separate bug for them [*1]. This bug should be
> > > marked as blocking the corresponding tracker bug(s) listed above -- this
> > > simplifies tracking such issues for other people interested in these
> > > archs that might want to take a look into the problem and fix it.
> > What if the ExclusiveArch is not a bug but a feature, for example say a 
> > userspace support tools for certain hardware only found on certain 
> > archs? Then there is no problem to fix, should one then still file bugs?
>
> In the past I would have said "no" but a lot of other packagers
> disagreed and convinced me -- so the answer is a "yes" from me now.
>
> Other people simply might not know that the package is "for certain
> hardware only found on certain archs". So it should be written down
> somewhere. A bug is the right place for it. And in such cases you simply
> can close the bug after reporting (as I wrote in the first mail). 

I find this purely administrative overhead with little or no gain. When 
drafting policies please remeber that Fedora is a volunteer driven project.

Policies like this remind me of my day time job, and thats a job for the 
Dutch goverment, or about as bureaucratic as one can get.

<enter civil disobedience mode>
I maintain several hardware related packages which fall under this 
policy / decision and I refuse to enter bugs for them. If someone else 
feels the need to open bugs against them for this feel free to do so, 
but I want open them myself.
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Regards,

Hans