How to upload compiled packages?

[Jeff Garzik]

Sergey Tikhonov wrote:
> Oliver Falk wrote:
> 
> Hello everyone,
>>
>> Alexey Chupahin wrote:
>>> I've compiled about first ten packages listed as *missing* or
>>> *blacklisted*, including clisp and maxima.
>>
>> It would be great if you could upload the SRPMS to 
>> ftp://ftp.linux-kernel.at/uploads
>>
>> If you plan to do more, I can provide you with an account on BUILDSYS; 
>> As Jay has...
> I can't send much time on Alpha hacking anymore (as it used to be), but 
> I am trying to dedicate some time to it anyway -
> I am still interested of keeping support for mono on Alpha. (I sent 
> patches to Jay to get it working on FC8).
> What is really makes me harder to participate (even as not active as it 
> was) is the current build system. I used to have my own
> build system there I could built package in any way I wanted (even break 
> dependency if I needed) and focus on important core package,
> rather than extras. I am not sure how it is possible with koji. Another 
> thing - visibility of current problems with the distro. I the current 
> list of missing packages (fc9) there are a lot of ones that never will 
> be used on Alpha (this is my guess). I would like to see core packages 
> and Extras separated.
> 
> A small howto how to work with current build system would be nice too (I 
> really don't have time to understand its internals). I would like to
> understand how to do routine tasks:
> - see what packages are holding builds
> - see how to make them "not buildable" temporary
> - break dependency and put comment (next time I would restore build 
> dependency)
> - how to upload changes (I guess I need upload SRPMS)
> - how to change build priority of packages
> - how to mark package that is being carrying on by someone

Are there any alpha emulators lying around?

At a certain point, with older hardware, it becomes faster to build on a 
simulator...

A standardized build environment inside a simulator might be useful to 
people wanting to keep alpha alive.

	Jeff