Bug#1050872: release.debian.org: mips64el apparently relies on buster (oldoldstable) LTS?
On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 04:54:01PM +0100, Simon McVittie wrote:
>...
> However, if I understand correctly, Luca has been told that some official
> mips64el buildds are running mipsel user-space on mips64el hardware which
> only works with the buster kernel,
>...
> Is this true?
Yes:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-mips/2023/07/msg00052.html
>...
> If our official buildds for a release architecture are unable to run on
> either the stable or oldstable kernel, I think that raises some important
> questions about suitability for inclusion in future releases.
>...
This problem affects older (and slower) buildds, the newer buildds
don't run with any kernel older than oldstable.
Turning off the affected buildds is an option.
>...
> >From the point of view of the project having control over its own future,
> I would have hoped that official Debian infrastructure would only be using
> suites that are supported by Debian as a whole,
>...
This problem is not limited to mips:
https://nagios.debian.org/cgi-bin/icinga/status.cgi?hostgroup=buster&style=overview
E.g. the Python2 removal in bullseye removed planet-venus,
which was never ported to Python3 but is used by planet.debian.org.
A replacement is being written in Perl, but it is still WIP.
> Thanks,
> smcv
cu
Adrian
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