Re: Bug#761636: RFS: raceintospace/1.1+dfsg1-1 [ITP]
On Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Dariusz Dwornikowski
<dariusz.dwornikowski@cs.put.poznan.pl> wrote:
> On 16.09.14 01:05:05, Vincent Cheng wrote:
>> Hi Dariusz,
>>
>> On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 2:31 AM, Dariusz Dwornikowski
>> <dariusz.dwornikowski@cs.put.poznan.pl> wrote:
>> > Package: sponsorship-requests
>> > Severity: wishlist
>> >
>> > Dear mentors,
>> >
>> > I am looking for a sponsor for my package "raceintospace"
>> >
>> > * Package name : raceintospace
>> > Version : 1.1+dfsg1-1
>> > Upstream Author : Michael K McCarty <mkmccarty@raceintospace.org>
>> > Pace Willisson <pace@alum.mit.edu>
>> > Krzysztof Kosciuszkiewicz <drvee@users.sf.net>
>> > Will Glynn <delta407@lerfjhax.com>
>> > * URL : http://www.raceintospace.org/
>> > * License : GPL-2+
>> > Section : games
>> >
>> > It builds those binary packages:
>> >
>> > raceintospace - free software version of the Liftoff! board game
>> > raceintospace-data - free software version of the Liftoff! board game - data file
>> >
>> > To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:
>> >
>> > http://mentors.debian.net/package/raceintospace
>> >
>> > Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:
>> >
>> > dget -x http://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/r/raceintospace/raceintospace_1.1+dfsg1-1.dsc
>> >
>> > or go directly to the VCS:
>> > http://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/pkg-games/raceintospace.git
>> >
>> > More information about raceintospace can be obtained from http://www.raceintospace.org/
>> >
>> >
>> > This is the initial release:
>> >
>> > * Initial release (Closes: #748321)
>>
>> I recall reviewing this several months back; I haven't looked at it
>> again yet, but I remember that there were a number of issues with the
>> package at the time that were left unfixed, most notably that the
>> build system tries to fetch remote resources during the build itself.
>> Has this since been fixed?
>
> It does not try to fetch anymore if the dependencies are fulffiled.
> Now, with the new patch they are. I could completely patch the system
> to even not try when there are no deps presents (some weirdo archs
> maybe ).
Yes, the build system should _never_ try to fetch any remote resource.
If build deps are unsatisfied, the result should be a FTBFS, not an
attempt to fetch the missing deps during the build itself; patch the
build system if you must in order to ensure this.
Regards,
Vincent
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