Re: RC bugs in science packages

[Chris Walker <chrisw@chiark.greenend.org.uk>]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 12:06:54PM +0000, chrisw wrote:
> In an effort to ensure that as many science packages as possible end
> up in lenny, the next Debian release, I've had another quick look at
> the RC bugs in science packages that need to be solved in testing.
> The list is from http://bts.turmzimmer.net/details.php
> 
> They are:
> 
> Package: axiom (optional; Camm Maguire) [axiom/20050901-10 ;
>    20050901-10.1 ; 135/10 days ; sparc(Failed)] 
> 500997 [ B] axiom_20050901-10.1(sparc/unstable): FTBFS on sparc,
>    code.o': No such file or directory

This has been an RC bug for some time. I was unable to get this
version of the package to build on sparc. The latest upstream release
however did build on sparc, but I didn't have enough
time/expertise/enthusiasm to backport a fix.

> 
> Package: octave-symbolic (optional; Debian Octave Group et al.)
>   [octave-symbolic/1.0.6-1 ; 1.0.6-2 ; 9/5 days ; arm(Building)]
> 512075 [P         T] octave-symbolic: Undefined symbol

AFAICT, this is fixed by the latest update. 

> 
> Package: octave3.0 (optional; Debian Octave Group et al.)
>    [octave3.0/1:3.0.1-6lenny1 ; 1:3.0.1-6lenny2 ; 0/10 days]
> 513576 [         NT] octave-symbolic does not uninstall

AFAICT, this is fixed by the latest update. 

> 
> [FROZEN] Package: openmpi (extra; Debian OpenMPI Maintainers et al.)
>    [openmpi/1.2.7~rc2-2 ; 1.3-2 ; 4/10 days ;
>    alpha(Build-Attempted);sparc(Build-Attempted)] 
> 510845 [          B] mpi-defaults: FTBFS/not available on alpha
> 512616 [          B] [openmpi] missing symbols?
> 
> [FREEZE] Package: ttf-mathematica4.1 (extra; contrib; Atsuhito KOHDA)
>    [ttf-mathematica4.1/6 ; =]
> 511644 [           ] ttf-mathematica4.1: Mathematica fonts have changed url


And I've missed out[1] root-system:

[FROZEN] Package: root-system (optional; Christian Holm Christensen)
   [root-system/5.18.00-2.1 ; =] [add/edit comment]
513542 [ S N ] root-system: Does not properly check the return value
   of X509_REQ_verify

So openmpi, ttf-mathematica4.1 and root-system (and ideally axiom) all
need bugs fixing before the release. octave and octave-symbolic need
the release team to allow them in.

> 
> Remember folks - these bugs need to be fixed before the lenny
> release. If they are not, the choice is to delay lenny or remove the
> package.
> 


Chris


[1] I do this by hand - no doubt there is an automated way of doing
this, but ...