Bug#342704: please remove ocaml-native-compilers/hppa from unstable
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 17:54:42 +, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > - Did you try the debian-hppa list whether there are hppa porters > willing to work on this? When dealing with arch-specific issues, they > should at least be informed so that they can make a choice between > dropping support in this way for ocaml, or fixing the support where > the package maintainers and upstream are unable and/or unwilling to do > so. As said, this is now done, and there has been no answer from the porters yet. Of course, if someone steps up and manages to fix ocamlopt on hppa, we can readd it later. However, I don't think that can happen in the short term. > - What to do with packages like slat and confluence, that seem to fail > to build for hppa with this package removed? I think they should be > transitioned to alternatives, or otherwise also for those packages, > the hppa support should be dropped. This should happen at the same > time in any case, I do not intend to whack-a-mole multiple times in > the future for reverse-(build)-dependendencies of this package. > confluence is now fixed, and a bug is filed against slat. The other packages affected by this are ara and whitelister, which only build arch-specific debs on architectures where ocamlopt is available, so their hppa deb is now NBS. I asked the maintainers to update the Architecture field of their package. Is there something else you need (or would like) me to do? Cheers, Julien -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342704: please remove ocaml-native-compilers/hppa from unstable
On Wed, Jan 4, 2006 at 00:54:38 +, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > Please do, porters should at least be informed, and get a chance to > comment, and to fix the issue at hand. > Agreed, and mailed debian-hppa: http://lists.debian.org/debian-hppa/2006/01/msg7.html > > I don't think these packages should build-depend on > > ocaml-native-compilers. The ocaml-nox package provides compilers on all > > debian architectures, and should be used instead IMO. The compilation > > speed increase provided by the native compilers is probably not > > necessary. (As a side note, I don't understand why slat build-depends on > > ocaml at all.) > > Please file bugs on those packages, then. > done: 345879 (slat) and 345887 (confluence) There probably will be other removals needed, such as spamoracle (I don't know of others, but they may exist). Cheers, Julien Cristau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342704: please remove ocaml-native-compilers/hppa from unstable
On Mon, Jan 02, 2006 at 04:03:08PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 17:54:42 +, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > > > Two questions: > > - Did you try the debian-hppa list whether there are hppa porters > > willing to work on this? When dealing with arch-specific issues, they > > should at least be informed so that they can make a choice between > > dropping support in this way for ocaml, or fixing the support where > > the package maintainers and upstream are unable and/or unwilling to do > > so. > > I didn't do that, because I thought that having this deb removed was > necessary for ocaml to go in etch, and because ocaml was keeping kde out > of etch. I'll do so now, if you think that's necessary. Please do, porters should at least be informed, and get a chance to comment, and to fix the issue at hand. > > - What to do with packages like slat and confluence, that seem to fail > > to build for hppa with this package removed? I think they should be > > transitioned to alternatives, or otherwise also for those packages, > > the hppa support should be dropped. This should happen at the same > > time in any case, I do not intend to whack-a-mole multiple times in > > the future for reverse-(build)-dependendencies of this package. > > I don't think these packages should build-depend on > ocaml-native-compilers. The ocaml-nox package provides compilers on all > debian architectures, and should be used instead IMO. The compilation > speed increase provided by the native compilers is probably not > necessary. (As a side note, I don't understand why slat build-depends on > ocaml at all.) Please file bugs on those packages, then. Thanks, --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342704: please remove ocaml-native-compilers/hppa from unstable
On Thu, Dec 29, 2005 at 17:54:42 +, Jeroen van Wolffelaar wrote: > Two questions: > - Did you try the debian-hppa list whether there are hppa porters > willing to work on this? When dealing with arch-specific issues, they > should at least be informed so that they can make a choice between > dropping support in this way for ocaml, or fixing the support where > the package maintainers and upstream are unable and/or unwilling to do > so. I didn't do that, because I thought that having this deb removed was necessary for ocaml to go in etch, and because ocaml was keeping kde out of etch. I'll do so now, if you think that's necessary. > - What to do with packages like slat and confluence, that seem to fail > to build for hppa with this package removed? I think they should be > transitioned to alternatives, or otherwise also for those packages, > the hppa support should be dropped. This should happen at the same > time in any case, I do not intend to whack-a-mole multiple times in > the future for reverse-(build)-dependendencies of this package. > I don't think these packages should build-depend on ocaml-native-compilers. The ocaml-nox package provides compilers on all debian architectures, and should be used instead IMO. The compilation speed increase provided by the native compilers is probably not necessary. (As a side note, I don't understand why slat build-depends on ocaml at all.) Cheers, Julien Cristau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342704: please remove ocaml-native-compilers/hppa from unstable
tags 342704 moreinfo thanks On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 01:48:00PM +0100, Julien Cristau wrote: > Hi ftpmasters, > > the ocaml native compilers on hppa don't build anymore, and upstream > said: > "This is due to architectural limitations of HPPA. Too hard to fix > without control of the linker, > and the HPPA port is essentially dead as far as we are concerned." > > Therefore, I request removal of the ocaml-native-compilers package on > hppa, which is not built from source as of ocaml 3.09.0-4. Two questions: - Did you try the debian-hppa list whether there are hppa porters willing to work on this? When dealing with arch-specific issues, they should at least be informed so that they can make a choice between dropping support in this way for ocaml, or fixing the support where the package maintainers and upstream are unable and/or unwilling to do so. - What to do with packages like slat and confluence, that seem to fail to build for hppa with this package removed? I think they should be transitioned to alternatives, or otherwise also for those packages, the hppa support should be dropped. This should happen at the same time in any case, I do not intend to whack-a-mole multiple times in the future for reverse-(build)-dependendencies of this package. --Jeroen -- Jeroen van Wolffelaar [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://jeroen.A-Eskwadraat.nl -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Bug#342704: please remove ocaml-native-compilers/hppa from unstable
reassign 342704 ftp.debian.org severity 342704 important retitle 342704 RM: ocaml:ocaml-native-compilers [hppa] -- RoM; ANAIS; unsupported upstream kthxbye Hi ftpmasters, the ocaml native compilers on hppa don't build anymore, and upstream said: "This is due to architectural limitations of HPPA. Too hard to fix without control of the linker, and the HPPA port is essentially dead as far as we are concerned." Therefore, I request removal of the ocaml-native-compilers package on hppa, which is not built from source as of ocaml 3.09.0-4. Thanks, Julien Cristau -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
