Re: Dropping big-endian (s390x) support for some r-bioc-* packages
Le Wed, Oct 02, 2024 at 12:53:56PM +0200, Michael R. Crusoe a écrit :
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> So I propose to add a "architecture-is-little-endian" build-dep to the following packages and request the removal of their s390x builds from the archive:
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Hi Michael and everybody,
I am all for it but I would like to propose something bigger.
Let r-bioc-biocgenerics (or r-bioc-biocbase) provide a virtual package
called r-bioc-supported-architectures available for amd64 and arm64
only, and make all r-boc-* depend on it at the next BioC release (which
takes place this month).
People who want r-bioc-* packages on other architectures can first work
on portability issues outside the Debian main archive, and can create
a local version of r-bioc-supported-architectures to enable building
BiocC on what they want. If the mass-build looks sustainable we can
consider add, maybe after consulting BioC upstream about future
prospects.
I think that bioinformaticians can aim for other architectures if they
have appetite for the work it represents, and portrers can aim for
bioinformatics if they have the workforce for it, but by default we
should not build these packages everywhere because it puts the whole
burden on mostly just us.
Have a nice day,
Charles
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