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On 01/20/2012 04:53, Chris Rees wrote:
> Occasionally someone runs an exp- for sparc64 (lol) etc.

... which given the overwhelming lack of users for this platform is
almost certainly a waste of resources.

> They use TRYBROKEN to test packages marked BROKEN, but ONLY_FOR_ARCHS sets
> IGNORE.
> 
> Ports marked this way (incorrectly) will never be tested, and thus never
> marked fixed.

I think this is a red herring. Users who want to see those ports work on
those platforms are either going to put the effort in, or not. They
aren't going to be deterred by what make options we choose.

OTOH, not using BROKEN for this purpose makes it much easier to grep for
stuff that's actually BROKEN in order to take action on it (speaking
from experience).


Doug

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