Dieter Plaetinck schrieb:
I'm a user, not a dev, running on i686. I couldn't find a definition of a 'signoff', but I updated abs, built the 2 new packages, they compiled fine, i installed them, rebooted my system and everything came up fine (dm_crypt+lvm based system). I also tested the basic commands (pvdisplay,lvdisplay) and even did an lvextend and resize2fs on a volume. everything still works fine. (didn't try making new/deleting LV/PV's etc though) Does this count as a "signoff" ?
The point of the signoff is not that you can build the package, but that the package provided in the repositories is working. If you can build the package, you still won't know if (for example) one of the executables inside the binary package is corrupted. Other than that, your tests are sufficient.
PS: Users cannot send to arch-dev-public@archlinux.org, so fwiw I cc'd arch-general.
Indeed they can't, you can always reply on arch-general if you feel the need to comment on a developer discussion.