From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com ([172.29.43.193] helo=mx.sourceforge.net) by sfs-ml-4.v29.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtp (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1V1ont-00015j-Gu for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 02:27:49 +0000 Received-SPF: pass (sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com: domain of gmail.com designates 209.85.220.44 as permitted sender) client-ip=209.85.220.44; envelope-from=showard314@gmail.com; helo=mail-pa0-f44.google.com; Received: from mail-pa0-f44.google.com ([209.85.220.44]) by sog-mx-3.v43.ch3.sourceforge.com with esmtps (TLSv1:RC4-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) id 1V1onn-0007Da-Q8 for bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net; Wed, 24 Jul 2013 02:27:49 +0000 Received: by mail-pa0-f44.google.com with SMTP id jh10so80564pab.17 for ; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:27:37 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.68.170.37 with SMTP id aj5mr40126841pbc.79.1374632857864; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:27:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.70.15.66 with HTTP; Tue, 23 Jul 2013 19:27:37 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <8A6BD408-352F-4346-AF81-3C63BD0ED93B@jrbobdobbs.org> References: <8A6BD408-352F-4346-AF81-3C63BD0ED93B@jrbobdobbs.org> Date: Tue, 23 Jul 2013 22:27:37 -0400 Message-ID: From: Scott Howard To: Douglas Huff Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 X-Spam-Score: -1.4 (-) X-Spam-Report: Spam Filtering performed by mx.sourceforge.net. See http://spamassassin.org/tag/ for more details. -1.5 SPF_CHECK_PASS SPF reports sender host as permitted sender for sender-domain 0.0 FREEMAIL_FROM Sender email is commonly abused enduser mail provider (showard314[at]gmail.com) -0.0 SPF_PASS SPF: sender matches SPF record 0.2 FREEMAIL_ENVFROM_END_DIGIT Envelope-from freemail username ends in digit (showard314[at]gmail.com) -0.1 DKIM_VALID_AU Message has a valid DKIM or DK signature from author's domain 0.1 DKIM_SIGNED Message has a DKIM or DK signature, not necessarily valid -0.1 DKIM_VALID Message has at least one valid DKIM or DK signature X-Headers-End: 1V1onn-0007Da-Q8 Cc: Bitcoin Dev , Debian Bitcoin Packaging Team Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Linux packaging letter X-BeenThere: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.9 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2013 02:27:49 -0000 On Tue, Jul 23, 2013 at 9:45 PM, Douglas Huff wrote: > Honestly, until I read the quoted part of your response, I actually wasn't in favor of this whole thing since in general the types of issues being mentioned are, in large part, the types of issues that maintainers deal with all the time. > > On Jul 23, 2013, at 3:02 PM, Scott Howard wrote: > >> Response: Is there a way to "certify" the Debian libraries? Debian >> bitcoind/bitcoin-qt runs the compile test during all architectures. >> MIPS has been failing recently, but no one has looked into it yet. >> Perhaps it's not worth developers efforts yet, but at some point the >> technology should reach a point it can be redistributed. > > > The fact that you're even trying to package and/or at some point have packaged and shipped big endian binaries is straight up *NEGLIGENT.* > > Stop that. Now. It won't work. > > Thanks for showing that this *is* necessary, I guess. before people get too upset, I'm talking about little-endian MIPS (debian-mipsel) http://www.debian.org/ports/mips/