Public bug reported:

Please sync rocrand 5.7.1-4 (universe) from Debian unstable (main)

This sync requires a FeatureFreeze exception. This package version
requires rocm-hipamd 5.7.1, which is being tracked in
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/rocm-hipamd/+bug/2058606.

# Why a new upstream version is necessary

1. The rocrand library was failing to sync for a while and is therefore
stuck on upstream version 5.3.3, which predates support for the Radeon
7000 series of GPUs (added in 5.4.0). As this is a library used for
High-Performance Computing and AI, support for modern hardware is very
important.

2. The upstream ROCm 5.7.1 version was the last release of the ROCm 5
series. While both ROCm 5.3 and ROCm 5.7 are no longer supported
upstream, there will be a much larger community using ROCm 5.7.
Knowledge sharing within this larger community will be beneficial for
the long-term maintenance of the noble release.

3. The versions of ROCm components included on Ubuntu Noble are very
inconsistent. This FeatureFreeze exception is one of several that I will
be filing in an attempt to get as much of the ROCm stack as possible
onto the upstream 5.7.1 release. The narrower the range of versions, the
better. Ubuntu does not have significant automated testing for the AMD
GPU libraries, so it is safer to use versions that closely correspond to
what upstream and Debian are using (as both do significant testing on
these libraries).

# Other Notes

The build log (using rocm-hipamd 5.7.1-3) is attached and includes the
build tests. The upstream change log is also attached. Note that Debian
has not packaged the Python bindings, so the Python-related changes are
irrelevant.

** Affects: rocrand (Ubuntu)
     Importance: Undecided
         Status: New

** Attachment added: "rocrand-5.7.1-4-build.txt"
   
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/2060424/+attachment/5762042/+files/rocrand-5.7.1-4-build.txt

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