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Re: Please consider quantlib_0.3.9 (and -ruby,-python,-doc) for testing



Hi Dirk,

On Thu, May 12, 2005 at 08:39:18PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote:
> My QuantLib packages in testing are in an inconsistent state:

>    Name			testing			unstable
>    ----------------------------------------------------------
>    quantlib 	 	0.3.8.rc.20050412-1 	0.3.9-1
>    quantlib-python  	0.3.8-2 		0.3.9-1
>    quantlib-refman 	0.3.8-1 		0.3.9-1
>    quantlib-refman-html 0.3.8-1 		0.3.9-1 
>    quantlib-ruby        0.3.8-1 		0.3.9-1 

> Here QuantLib is the binary library, -ruby and -python depend on it. 

> We now have a pre-relesae of 0.3.9 in testing which is __incompatible__ with
> the quantlib-ruby and quantlib-python versions in testing as the API still
> changes between releases.

> I would suggest to move the whole 0.3.9 block into testing once the ten day
> window is up.  The packages are all bug-free and "mostly" built. We currently
> lack a) a few m68k builds and b) quantlib-python on mipsel .  For m68k, Rick
> Younie and I hashed out that we should stop providing QuantLib.  For mipsel,
> I wish we could agree on the same -- the build simply timed out after 150
> mins in the heavy C++ template code (which would have completed).  However, I
> think mipsel wasn't part of the previous release and is generally behind as
> per
> http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=quantlib-python&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
> so maybe we can overlook this as a showstopper?

> Lastly, and for completeness r-cran-rquantlib 0.1.12 is the only other
> dependency of QuantLib, and it could be pulled in too.

> Please email back if there are questions.

No questions; however, to get these packages in, you'll need to follow
through on this agreement with Rick regarding m68k quantlib binaries, and
get them removed from the archive.

As the maintainer, please file a bug against ftp.debian.org asking for the
m68k binaries to be removed from unstable for libquantlib0,
libquantlib0-dev, quantlib-examples, quantlib-ruby, quantlib-python, and
r-cran-rquantlib.  (If you are not actually the maintainer of all of these
packages, the ftpmasters may ask for you to consult with the other
maintainers as well.)

The quantlib-python problem on mipsel shouldn't block getting these other
packages in since it's a problem that already affects testing (as we've
discussed), but we should still try to get it resolved before release.  It
would be a dubious honor for quantlib-python to be the only package that
ships in sarge with an out-of-date per-arch binary. :)

Anyway, the changes for quantlib itself are trivial, and as discussed
previously, quantlib-ruby and quantlib-python need to be brought up-to-date
to fix a FTBFS problem, so those updates are all ok.  Does the same build
problem apply to quantlib-refman and quantlib-refman-html?  If not, I don't
think we'll want to update those if it's not necessary.  Likewise, it
doesn't sound like r-cran-rquantlib needs updating.

-- 
Steve Langasek
postmodern programmer

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