Roel Janssen <address@hidden> writes:
The list of packages included in Guix [1] provides links to the build
status of each package in the details. I would like to provide this
information in a column after "Package details", either as an icon or
as
a count (e.g. 3/4 builds succeeded). This provides a nicer overview
for
the current status of the package.
Sounds good to me, but I'm not sure that either a single icon or a
count
will be very useful.
We currently support four architectures: x86_64-linux, i686-linux,
armhf-linux, and mips64el-linux. There will likely be a fifth for the
Hurd as well.
If the status is to be useful, users will need to see at a glance if
the
package builds on their chosen architecture. A count like 2/4 or 3/4
doesn't tell me whether the package works on armhf.
So, I think we'd actually need one new column for each supported
architecture. I could imagine more clever solutions as well, but
somehow it needs to indicate *which* architectures the package builds
on, not just how many.