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Date:      Fri, 20 Jan 2012 13:23:16 +0000
From:      Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
To:        Doug Barton <dougb@freebsd.org>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org, Chris Rees <utisoft@gmail.com>
Subject:   Re: with the cvs history? trying to help INDEX builds.
Message-ID:  <20120120132316.GA88509@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk>
In-Reply-To: <4F196918.4050309@FreeBSD.org>
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On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 05:16:08AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> 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.

how about ia64?

> > 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.

this is true.

-- 
Anton Shterenlikht
Room 2.6, Queen's Building
Mech Eng Dept
Bristol University
University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK
Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944
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