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Thanks for the reply.
How often do packages get rebuilt? Is it only when there's a new version? The problem in that case would be that a package that is no longer developed (or has very long release cycles) would not receive the fix.
Yes, only if there's a new version.
We specifically mark these kinds of packages as
outdated
(evendeprecated
) if they are older than 90 daysCurrently, the stats:
This will improve if we can get more builders, currently we use the free CI provided by github actions
Interesting, thanks!