List of packages that FTBFS in lucid

[Scott Kitterman]

On Tue, 22 Dec 2009 09:13:22 +0000 Matt Zimmerman <mdz at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>On Mon, Dec 21, 2009 at 04:59:40PM +0100, Lucas Nussbaum wrote:
>> Similarly to the archive rebuilds I do for Debian, I've set up the
>> required infrastructure to do archive rebuilds for Ubuntu. The packages
>> are rebuild inside up-to-date and minimal lucid chroots.
>> 
>> The results can be found on
>> http://udd.debian.org/cgi-bin/ubuntu_ftbfs.cgi . Those pages are
>> generated live (in particular to keep the "outdated results" section
>> up-to-date), but the rebuilds are only run every 2-3 weeks. The current
>> results are about 1 week old.
>> 
>> If you think this is useful, or that I should run a rebuild at a
>> particular time (to allow the tracking of a particular transition),
>> don't hesitate to contact me.
>
>Thanks for this.  I'm curious whether your methodology differs 
significantly
>from the test rebuilds which happen within Launchpad.  Does it?
>
One significant difference is that when Lucas does a rebuild it only takes 
about 8 hours so the results are much more relevant to the current state of 
the archive.

Scott K