Re: [COVID-19 Hackathon] Bazel build system pending NEW
Hi Olek,
What a good news! Your hardword is much appreciated.
There are some preliminary packaging changes (using bazel) for
tensorflow. Is it in shape so that I can build TF from the git repo?
Or what remains to be done?
On Tue, Aug 18, 2020 at 05:03:23PM -0400, Olek Wojnar wrote:
> Dear FTP Team,
>
> The Debian Med Team is currently in its third hackathon [1] to enable
> better tools for doctors and scientists to fight COVID-19. Our
> longest-running effort, which we started at the beginning of the first
> COVID-19 hackathon, is now almost at an end! I uploaded the bootstrap
> variant of the Bazel build system to NEW a couple days ago [2]. This has
> only one build-dependency that is not in Debian yet. [3] Once both
> packages clear NEW, TensorFlow and other pieces of software that use the
> Bazel build system will be available to Debian users. More specifically,
> this software will be available to the above-mentioned doctors and
> scientists.
>
> I'd like to also take this opportunity to publicly acknowledge the
> amazing support that we received from the Google Bazel team. Without
> their tireless efforts to help us enable the Bazel build system to be
> Debian-friendly, we could not have accomplished this. Their support for
> Debian and global health has been extremely motivating for those of us
> working (in our own ways) to fight this global crisis.
>
> With all of that being said, this will be the last time during this
> endeavor that I will be asking for special consideration. I greatly
> appreciate all the expedited NEW processing of the 14 Bazel build
> dependencies that you previously approved. If possible, I would greatly
> appreciate it if one of you was able to take a quick look at these
> remaining two packages. I'm available to address any issues or questions
> you may have.
>
> Thank you very much in advance!!
>
> -Olek
>
>
> [1] https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2020/08/msg00094.html
> [2] https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/bazel-bootstrap_3.4.0%2Bds-1.html
> [3]
> https://ftp-master.debian.org/new/checker-framework-java_3.0.1%2Bds-1~exp2.html
>
>
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