Bug#848063: +patch: ri-li FTBFS on single-CPU buildds

[Markus Koschany]

On 19.02.2017 19:31, Santiago Vila wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 19, 2017 at 07:00:41PM +0100, Markus Koschany wrote:
> 
>> Thank you for the patch. I will apply this one today. Please note that
>> this is simply a workaround for a limitation of Santiago's build
>> environment.
> 
> Absolutely not.
> 
> This is basic Computer Science: Everything that you can do with
> several CPU may be done with a single CPU as well (even if it's slower).
> 
> So having a single CPU is never to be considered a "limitation" in the
> build environment (except by you, of course).
> 
>> This kind of error won't occur for the vast majority of the
>> package's target audience.
> 
> We don't have "target audiences" to consider here. Packages *must* build
> from source when the build-dependencies are met.

Of course we have target audiences, that is if you actually interact
with those people and think outside of your technical box. It is also
not true that the package fails 99 % all the time, it's basic math
Santiago, all possible outcomes, not just the ones in your custom
limited build environment.

You constantly ignore different views and arguments and I am not the
only one who questions your approach and your aggressive behaviour,
claiming your are the only one who is right. There is no point in making
a virtual environment the benchmark for the whole archive. You don't
solve any real life issues but you are wasting countless hours of
developer time for pushing your agenda on other people. Send in patches
like Steve did for a change if you really think this is "critcal" but
stop telling people how serious this bug is when you don't know nothing
about the package and its users.

Markus

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