Re: RFS: rocrand/5.3.3-1 -- generate pseudo- and quasi-random numbers

[Aron Xu <aron@debian.org>]

Hi,

On Thu, Feb 9, 2023 at 3:35 PM Cordell Bloor <cgmb-deb@slerp.xyz> wrote:
>
> Hey folks,
>
> I just wanted to highlight this RFS again, since it fixes bug #1028957 [1]. As it currently stands, find_package(rocrand) does not work. In my opinion, the bug in question significantly limits the usefulness of the rocrand package. It's important to get this fixed.
>
> I plan to apply for DM status so that I can handle routine updates myself in the future... for now, though, I would greatly appreciate if a DD could sponsor this for me.
>

Thanks for your contribution and the package has been uploaded. I was
busy during the past two weeks and haven't looked at this list..

> Sincerely,
> Cory Bloor
>
> [1]: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1028957
>
> On 2023-02-07 00:24, Cordell Bloor wrote:
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> I am looking for a sponsor for my package "rocrand":
>
>  * Package name     : rocrand
>    Version          : 5.3.3-1
>  * URL              : https://github.com/rocmsoftwareplatform/rocrand
>  * License          : BSD-3-clause, BSD-3-clause or Expat, Expat
>  * Vcs              : https://salsa.debian.org/rocm-team/rocrand
>    Section          : devel
>
> The source builds the following binary packages:
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>   librocrand1 - generate pseudo- and quasi-random numbers - library
>   librocrand-dev - generate pseudo- and quasi-random numbers - headers
>   libhiprand1 - wrapper library to port from cuRAND applications to HIP - library
>   libhiprand-dev - wrapper library to port from cuRAND applications to HIP - headers
>
> To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:
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>   https://mentors.debian.net/package/rocrand/
>
> Alternatively, you can download the package with 'dget' using this command:
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>   dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/rocrand/rocrand_5.3.3-1.dsc
>
> Changes since the last upload:
>
>  rocrand (5.3.3-1) unstable; urgency=medium
>  .
>    * d/{watch,gbp.conf}: recombine with hiprand as MUT
>    * New upstream version 5.3.3
>    * d/{control,rules,*.install}: update install dirs
>      Closes: #1028957
>    * d/control: update standards version
>    * d/lib{roc,hip}rand-dev.examples: remove examples
>    * d/not-installed: ignore test binaries
>    * d/librocrand1.symbols.amd64: add new symbols
>    * add d/patches/0001-hide-kernel-symbols.patch
>    * d/librocrand1.symbols.amd64: update symbols
>    * d/copyright: update copyright file
>    * d/rules: fix debug symbols