Re: libntl (was Re: Debian singular packages team)
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 9:14 PM, Andrés Goens <andres@goens.org> wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 10:10 PM, Bernhard R. Link <brlink@debian.org> wrote:
>> * Lifeng Sun <lifongsun@gmail.com> [110806 16:33]:
>>> On 16:06 Sat 08/06/11 Aug , Andrés Goens wrote:
>>> > I was actually thinking of getting involved with singular by myself,
>>> > especially after I realized I could use it for my thesis. I would
>>> > volunteer for helping with it, although I would need a sponsor for
>>> > that (I'm not DM or DD).
>>>
>>> FYI: singular depends on ntl, which is another outdated package
>>> maintained by Tim Abbott, I think you need take care of it first.
>>
>> As libntl (at least the Debian version) has a dynamic version added
>> manually (though the patch looks a bit like it comes from SAGE) and
>> has a very specific soname (including all three digits of the version),
>> and some reverse dependencies (not yet even looked at the reverse
>> build dependencies) it might make sense to start with a new source package
>> for newer versions of libntl with it's own -dev package name and
>> gradually use the new one until the old is no longer needed.
>>
>
> I'm not sure I understand exactly what you mean. This new package
> would not include said patch, and just give the static upstream
> libraries?
> I would actually like to try and do this, but I have never really
> packaged anything for debian. I would try to do it following the new
> maintainers guide. Is this a bad idea? Is it maybe too complicated
> this special case? If not, would someone be willing to look at it and
> help me out with it?
>
> Looking at the installation doc provided by upstream there is also
> option to compile it for working with some other libraries: gmp and
> gf2x, which optimize it for special tasks. Should it be compiled with
> these by default, and make it depend on them, or what is the usual
> proceding? (Sorry if I am asking something obvious, I didn't know how
> to look for it).
Will think yes
> Cheers,
>
> Andrés
>
>
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