Fwd: Archive architecture qualification

[Aurelien Jarno]

On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 05:00:37PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 04:24:31PM +0100, Aurelien Jarno wrote:
> > > 
> > > Do you think there's something in particular we should say in it?
> > > 
> > If I am right, this discussion is to define the criteria that have to
> > be met to be included in the archive. So we have to make sure that all
> > the criteria that are choosen are ok for us.
> > 
> > It seems that the criterias will be a subset of the release architecture
> > criteria. As we already most of them, this should not be a problem:
> > 
> > [...]
> > 
> > * Port Maintainers
> > Should be ok, we have more than 5 names to put their.
> 
> Currently we're 3 in that list.  This would be a good time to call for other
> GNU/kFreeBSD developers to list themselves:
> 
>   http://wiki.debian.org/kfreebsd-i386EtchReleaseRecertification
> 
> It'd be good if we were (at least) 5 by tomorrow 12:00 UTC.

We could add Petr Salinger if he is ok.

> > * Users
> > We do not have 50 users, at least we do not have a list of 50 users. We
> > need to do lobbying on this point to make sure the port is accepted,
> > even if we do not have a such a list.
> 
> It depends on how you interpret the information.  How about:
> 
>   a: io.debian.net == 29
>   b: archvote.phtml == 18
>   c: wiki userlist == 12
>   total: 59
>   b and c have no duplicates.
> 
>   a: io.debian.net == 29
>   b: popcon == 15
>   total: 44
>   (almost 50.  maybe we can get it lower?)

Yes, it depends. The goal tomorrow is to define a criterion that would
be ok for us.


> > * Installer
> > We do have an installer, even if it is a bit hacked. This criterion
> > should be ok, but we need to make sure this is the case.
> 
> It is.  IIRC it's even ok for release.
> 
> > * Upstream Support
> > Ok
> 
> Actualy, they haven't really specified what "upstream support" means for us.
> 
> Aj said there will be further requirements for non-Linux ports.  Perhaps this
> is one of them.

Same here, if criteria are defined tomorrow, we should do everything so
that we meet them, or at least we meet them with little effort.


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