From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with archive (Exim 4.43) id 1NGfB4-0002lu-Kw for mharc-grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:54:58 -0500 Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NGfB2-0002lX-CY for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:54:56 -0500 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NGfAx-0002kx-QZ for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:54:55 -0500 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56788 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NGfAx-0002ku-Kg for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:54:51 -0500 Received: from xvm-190-8.ghst.net ([217.70.190.8]:36603 helo=aybabtu.com) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NGfAx-0002qF-6S for grub-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 15:54:51 -0500 Received: from [192.168.10.10] (helo=thorin) by aybabtu.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NGfAv-0003h6-FS; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:54:49 +0100 Received: from rmh by thorin with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1NGfAu-0000Tg-Sg; Fri, 04 Dec 2009 21:54:48 +0100 Date: Fri, 4 Dec 2009 21:54:48 +0100 From: Robert Millan To: The development of GNU GRUB Message-ID: <20091204205448.GE1528@thorin> References: <4B17A04D.20505@gmail.com> <20091203.110218.244112962.davem@davemloft.net> <4B181E03.4080600@gmail.com> <20091203.125900.90813059.davem@davemloft.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20091203.125900.90813059.davem@davemloft.net> Organization: free as in freedom X-Message-Flag: Worried about Outlook viruses? Switch to Thunderbird! www.mozilla.com/thunderbird X-Debbugs-No-Ack: true User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) Cc: phcoder@gmail.com Subject: Re: [PATCH]: Fix sparc64 build... X-BeenThere: grub-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: The development of GNU GRUB List-Id: The development of GNU GRUB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 04 Dec 2009 20:54:57 -0000 On Thu, Dec 03, 2009 at 12:59:00PM -0800, David Miller wrote: > > I have about half a year of potential regressions I'm about to > discover on sparc64. That's not an acceptable situation, long term. > > I might get hit by a bus or whatever, so it would be nice if someone > other than me were at least testing the code base out on sparc64. > > That way problems get spotted when they get added, or soon afterwards, > not 6 months later like some things are about to. :-) Actually, we have this debian buildd thing regularly testing sparc buildability: https://buildd.debian.org/build.php?arch=sparc&pkg=grub2 I assure you we'd have noticed in less than 6 months :-) (though I admit, not as efficiently as you did) -- Robert Millan The DRM opt-in fallacy: "Your data belongs to us. We will decide when (and how) you may access your data; but nobody's threatening your freedom: we still allow you to remove your data and not access it at all."