On Thu, 3 Aug 2017 15:34:03 +0200 Peter Lemenkov <lemenkov@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello All! > I've got two nasty packages. One fails to pass the tests on BigEndian > arches (s390x, ppc64), another one fails to pass the tests on POWER > (ppc64 and ppc64le). > > So I have several questions. > > * Can I have a shell access to the ppc64 machine (which covers both > cases) where I can install packages and can run gdb / git / gcc? > * How maintainers are supposed to handle it? > * (A provocative one) - is it better to me just to set ExclusiveArch > and open a bugzilla ticket with build log of the failed build? > Sometimes it's hard to do anything even on supported architecture, so > asking me to support a package for the rarely used architecture (which > I don't even have access to) is, well, slightly overoptimistic, no? Using ExcludeArch/ExclusiveArch tags should be the last resort solution, but generally there is enough freedom for the maintainers to decide what route they will take. What packages are we talking about? Dan _______________________________________________ devel mailing list -- devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to devel-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
