[arch-general] A suggestion for the devs regarding rebuilds

[Allan McRae]

On 09/02/10 04:49, Xavier Chantry wrote:
> With every big rebuilds we get new breakage stories. It seems like
> it's the norm nowadays rather than the exception.
>
> I am wondering if it's really only the users that are to blame.. or if
> Arch is also to blame. Or if Arch was supposed to be an elitist
> distribution and is victim of its success.

I think the answer to that is in the question: What did we do different 
previously that resulted in far less of these issues?

My impression is that nothing has particularly change in terms of how 
rebuilds are handled.  If anything, the whole process has become a lot 
more streamlined and cases of missing a package rebuild are now almost 
non-existent.

So the cause must be... A change in user-base? Maybe just an increase in 
user-base resulting in more people who think Arch should be done their 
way and not the Arch way?