[maemo-developers] Autobuilder and build-dependencies from extras-devel

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Ed Bartosh wrote:
> 2009/6/24 Henrik Hedberg <henrik.hedberg at innologies.fi>:
>> 1. Upload your library into the extras assistant
>> 2. Wait unspecified time (usually at least ten minutes)
>> 3. See if the build succeeded. If not, go to 1.
>> 4. Wait unspecified time (one hour perhaps) until the library is
>> actually in the extras-devel.
>> 5. Upload your application into the extras assistant.
>> 6. Wait unspecified time (usually at least ten minutes)
>> 7. See if the build succeeded. If not, go to 5.
>> 8. Wait unspecified time (one hour perhaps) until the application is
>> actually in the extras-devel.
>> 9. Promote the library and the application to the extras.
>> 10. Wait unspecified time (one hour perhaps) until the library and the
>> application is actually in the extras.
>> 11. Announce the new version of your application to users.
>>
>> How many hours is 1 -> 10?
>>
>>    Is there any possibility to make this time shorter?
>>
> Sure! We just need to think about it and we'll found how to do this. I
> explained my ideas above. You can share yours.

I haven't used the autobuilder.  Is it possible to see how many/what
packages are in the queue?

(if there are lot and/or large/slow to build packages, one would
know not to wait anything to happen very soon...)


	- Eero