Re: Recalling Key Points of the Previous Attempt (was: Re: Regarding the new "Debian User Repository"

2021-07-05 Thread Paul Wise
On Mon, 2021-07-05 at 11:02 +, M. Zhou wrote: > Supporting multiple ISA variants based on ld.so means a > multiple of the current package size. Apart from the -cc2-dbgsym package those seem fine to multiply, especially since the intended users probably have lots of disk space. There is also

Re: Recalling Key Points of the Previous Attempt (was: Re: Regarding the new "Debian User Repository"

2021-07-05 Thread M. Zhou
On Mon, 2021-07-05 at 02:09 +, Paul Wise wrote: On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 11:20 AM Mo Zhou wrote: > (2) use the "hardware capabilities" feature of ld.so(8) ... > Solution (2) will result in very bulky binary packages; Solution (2) seems like the only option that can be done entirely within

Re: Recalling Key Points of the Previous Attempt (was: Re: Regarding the new "Debian User Repository"

2021-07-04 Thread Paul Wise
On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 11:20 AM Mo Zhou wrote: > There are a few methods to bump the ISA baseline for a debian package > for the official archive: (1) patch the code with gcc's fmv feature; > (2) use the "hardware capabilities" feature of ld.so(8); (3) let the > user modify debian/rules and

Recalling Key Points of the Previous Attempt (was: Re: Regarding the new "Debian User Repository"

2021-07-04 Thread Mo Zhou
Hi fellow devs, As the previous attempt on debian user repository has been mentioned, I'm interested in recalling some key points of it and bits I've learned, along with some updates. # how the initial attempt started In terms of debian-related works, I mainly focus on scientific computing and