David Holland <dholland-pkgtech%netbsd.org@localhost> writes: > I do think we ought to be more specific about NOT_FOR_* - currently we > use this both for "it does not make sense on this platform", and "it > does not work on this platform but in theory it should if someone put > time in". The former should be silently suppressed; the latter > shouldn't. > > As things stand, lots of the latter get silently hidden in bulk > reports, e.g. packages that aren't 64-bit clean. > > Maybe NOT_FOR_PLATFORM for the first case and BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM for > the second? Sounds good to me. We're close to branch, so not a good time to start rototilling, but I think it would be good to add BROKEN_ON_PLATFORM to the infrastructure after thaw and then move things over as people understand the reasons.
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