with the cvs history? trying to help INDEX builds.

[Anton Shterenlikht]

On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 05:16:08AM -0800, Doug Barton wrote:
> On 01/20/2012 04:53, Chris Rees wrote:
> > Occasionally someone runs an exp- for sparc64 (lol) etc.
> 
> ... which given the overwhelming lack of users for this platform is
> almost certainly a waste of resources.

how about ia64?

> > They use TRYBROKEN to test packages marked BROKEN, but ONLY_FOR_ARCHS sets
> > IGNORE.
> > 
> > Ports marked this way (incorrectly) will never be tested, and thus never
> > marked fixed.
> 
> I think this is a red herring. Users who want to see those ports work on
> those platforms are either going to put the effort in, or not. They
> aren't going to be deterred by what make options we choose.

this is true.

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