My proposal is extend portage to gathering compilation logs for later analyze. ============ User (portage): 1. User select "I_WANT_IMPROVE_GENTOO=1" in make.conf. 2. USER="", PASS="" - There may be ability to send reports and view them online by entering user and pass. 3. # emerge -av package 4. a)portage check, if is used --nodeps, some totally crazy things and if so, then omit sending report b) if overlay, check if has enabled sending report 5. a) When compilation successed, send emerge --info, with pkg and version. b) When fails, same as a), but add build.log ========= Server: 1. gather information (+ remove duplicates, ignore junk) 2. make stats (most often failed packages) 3. deep analyze - package mostly fails with this flag, this compiler, this binutils etc. ======== Protocol: 1. xz compressed data ? 2. defined address where to send data for analysis ======= Advantages: * simple BuildBot integrated in portage * linking from bug to already created report (no need paste emerge --info and fail log) * devs can see, what failing most often, what to focus to Reproducible: Always
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