Re: Bug#963109: libreoffice: Please drop clang from build-dependencies for alpha and ia64
On 6/19/20 1:08 PM, rene@rene-engelhard.de wrote:
> Am 19. Juni 2020 12:52:40 MESZ schrieb John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>:
>> So nothing that keeps us from using GCC in cases where clang is not
>> available.
>
> Correct. Except staying as close as possible with upstream.
While at the same time, the source contains 20+ patches:
> https://salsa.debian.org/libreoffice-team/libreoffice/libreoffice/-/tree/debian-experimental-7.0/patches
I wouldn't consider that "close to upstream".
>>>> Not sure why you want to enforce architectures off libreoffice when
>>>> it’s technically not necessary.
>>>
>>> Read the comment.
>>
>> That's just your personal way of implementing it. It's not mandatory to
>> do it
>> this way. You can just create a simple whitelist where clang is always
>> enabled
>> and disabled on any other architecture. It's not really rocket science.
>
> Trust me, I know. I do this for all kind of stuff in rules (e.g. for skia itself, see below)
This isn't a technical argument though.
>> It's also not a given that clang generates faster code on _any_ given
>> architecture,
>> it might be true for x86_64, but not necessarily for armhf or s390x.
>
> s390x doesn't matter here at all as it is be and skia doesn't support be at all. Thus we get --disable-skia and thus no clang usage.
>
> But generally you're right, but I am trying to stay as close upstream as possible here.
Again, this isn't a compelling technical argument. There is no additional workload
involved if you allow building LO with GCC on non-clang architectures and it also
does not cause harm any of the release architectures. You are not required to fix
any code that doesn't build on a non-release architecture, that's what we porters
are for.
I have honestly no clue why you would deny porters to build LibreOffice on non-release
architectures given these circumstances. There is no paragraph in the Debian Policy
to base this decision on nor are there any technical reasons.
Would it be okay if I send a pull request to make the necessary changes?
Thanks,
Adrian
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