On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 10:52 AM, Peter Jones <pjones@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Jon, Brendan, > > In yesterday's FESCo meeting I told you I'd make a list of specific issues > I have with the current proposal for ARM as a primary archictecture. There > are some places where I think the current proposal fails to deal with some > necessary aspects of becoming a primary architecture, and some places where > I don't think the approach is quite right. So without further ado: Excellent, can you add this to the ticket? > 1) mechanisms need to be in place to get package maintainers access to fix > arm-specific bugs in their packages > 2) excludearch is not an option. This is fundamentally contrary to being > a primary arch. In fact this is one of the defining characteristics of > a secondary arch. > 3) arm must be integrated to the formal release criteria > 4) when milestones occur, arm needs to be just as testible as other > primary architectures > 5) installation methods must be in place. I'm not saying it has to be > using the same model as x86, but when we get to beta, if it can't be > installed, it can't meet similar release criteria to existing or prior > primary arches. Where possible, we should be using anaconda for > installation, though I'd be open to looking at using it to build installed > images for machines with severe resource constraints. > 6) supported platforms must be fully integrated into building and > installation. If you need a special build procedure to make this happen > for kernel, we need to have rel-eng signing off saying they've approved > of whatever method that is, and QE signing off that they think it'll > result in a something they can claim is tested enough to release as a > primary arch. > 7) it can't be a serious maintenance burdon due to build related issues. > We need a couple of groups to sign off that builds are fast enough, not > just on a "full distro rebuild" (throughput) level, but also on a > "doesn't destroy my workflow due to waiting on it" (latency) level. > > Obviously any feedback you guys have on this is welcome. > > > -- > Peter > > Old MacDonald had an agricultural real-estate tax abatement. > > 01234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789 > -- > devel mailing list > devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel -- in your fear, seek only peace in your fear, seek only love -d. bowie -- devel mailing list devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
