[fedora-arm] Automatic AArch64 bootstrap daily update for June 30, 2013

[Brendan Conoboy]

On 06/30/2013 04:59 AM, Daniel Veillard wrote:
>    I have been watching the automatic mails since they were introduced,
> (thanks I now have yet another in memory counter, I was actually
> mentally happy when it crossed 4000 thinking we're getting closer to
> 50%). What is the limitating factor ? I don't think there is a too
> big depth of package dependencies, so if the main factor isn't some
> lack of computing power, I would have assumed that unlocking some
> key package (e.g. python, gtk libs, ...) would allow some quick
> progresses, but it smells like it's progressing purely lineary. Is
> that dependant on converting each of the package (like auto* updates
> when they lack aarch64 support ?)
>    Cole (I assume it's mostly you based on mails and commits samples
> I saw), would you share the story there ?

Not sure who Cole is.

Progress is currently limited by number of builders.  There are about 
300 source rpms in the build queue at present and more being added as 
deps get built.  As we get deeper into the queue the packages remaining 
tend to have a wider array of dependencies and take longer to build. 
Remember all these builds are being done by aarch64 simulation, so 
installing and linking with a wider array of libraries has a material 
impact on build time.

There are still some packages that once built will unlock a large number 
of additional builds.  The single biggest blocker today is openjdk. 
We're working on bringing it in.  Unlocking ghc (waiting on llvm which 
is waiting on gcc 4.8.1) and erlang would also unlock many.

There are a number of packages that have been attempted, but failed to 
build.  Everybody is welcome to grab one of these and fix it- don't let 
us ARM team members claim all the honour!  The list of broken packages 
is here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/AArch64/Stage4_Problem_Packages

Quick start guide for contributors is here:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures/ARM/AArch64/QuickStart

Cheers,

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Brendan Conoboy / Red Hat, Inc. / blc at redhat.com