Re: pkgs for FreeBSD:14:aarch64 latest are stale compared to quarterly

From: Mark Millard <marklmi_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Nov 2023 14:28:18 UTC
On Nov 19, 2023, at 05:44, void <void@f-m.fm> wrote:

> http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:aarch64/latest/meta.txz is dated 2nd Nov
> http://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:14:aarch64/quarterly/meta.txz is dated 15th Nov

Note: The below does not deal with time to distribute
packages after the overall build completes. The dates
show are start dates, so the start of the next build
gives about the time of the finish of the prior build.

This is perfectly normal, as shown by:

ampere3 built/is-building (in seqeuence, build start dates):
(some are from scratch "bulk -a"s and others are incremental)

Sat, 28 Oct 2023 17:19:57 GMT default (a.k.a. latest) 140releng-arm64
Thu, 02 Nov 2023 10:13:56 GMT default (a.k.a. latest) 140releng-armv7
Tue, 07 Nov 2023 03:52:04 GMT default (a.k.a. latest) 132arm64
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 15:39:17 GMT default (a.k.a. latest) 132releng-armv7
Tue, 14 Nov 2023 11:03:37 GMT default (a.k.a. latest) 140releng-arm64
Sat, 18 Nov 2023 21:48:56 GMT default (a.k.a. latest) 140releng-armv7

ampere1 built/is-building (in seqeuence, build start dates):
(some are from scratch "bulk -a"s and others are incremental)

Fri, 27 Oct 2023 04:07:35 GMT quarterly 140releng-arm64
Tue, 31 Oct 2023 16:08:09 GMT quarterly 140releng-armv7
Sat, 04 Nov 2023 03:47:53 GMT quarterly 132arm64
Mon, 06 Nov 2023 16:45:04 GMT quarterly 124arm64
Thu, 09 Nov 2023 08:56:56 GMT quarterly 132releng-armv7
Sat, 11 Nov 2023 01:58:53 GMT quarterly 140releng-arm64
Wed, 15 Nov 2023 19:54:05 GMT quarterly 140releng-armv7
Sun, 19 Nov 2023 03:50:25 GMT quarterly 132arm64

So: For (only) 140releng-arm64 the finished-dates look like:

31 Oct 2023 finish quarterly
02 Nov 2023 finish default (a.k.a. latest)
15 Nov 2023 finish quarterly
18 Nov 2023 finish default (a.k.a. latest)

The relative offsets in timing need not be stable over time.
But having a range of days with weeks between the quarterly
and default (a.k.a. latest) most-recent builds of
140releng-arm64 is perfectly normal.

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Mark Millard
marklmi at yahoo.com