Re: Mpich 1/2/3
Hi,
I have done some commits into mpich2-directory. Please, check
it out and test. I am planning to make a couple of more within the next
few days. We should prepare for the renaming.
Anton
2013/5/28 Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <torquil@gmail.com>:
> Hi Anton!
>
> Yes, I would appreciate the help, so that is very kind of you.
>
> Btw, your second point (regarding dh) is something we had planned. But even
> though the package has potential for improvement in several places, my
> personal plan was to not do everything at once, in order to prevent several
> problems appearing simulaneously. The name change in addition to inclusion
> of the NMU in the changelog was enough of a worry for me at the moment :-)
>
> But if someone more experienced could help I would be glad to work on more
> improvements simultaneously. Actually, I have been doing some work on moving
> it to dh locally, but thought I would delay it until after the change of
> name has gone through without too many problems.
>
> Regarding the change of name, I don't really have a strong opinion on the
> matter. Replacing mpich2 with a good mpich3 package in Debian is my main
> goal right now.
>
> Best regards
> Torquil Sørensen
>
>
> On 26/05/13 23:31, Anton Gladky wrote:
>>
>> Torquil, some suggestions on packaging:
>> I think it is better:
>>
>> 1) to use compat-level 9
>> 2) dh instead of cdbs, debian/rules will be shorter and more clear in this
>> case;
>> 3) copyright-file in DEP-5 format;
>> 4) DEP-3 for patches
>> 5) postinst and prerm scripts should be inspected.
>>
>> If you want, I can try to help with some of points.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Anton
>>
>> 2013/5/26 Torquil Macdonald Sørensen <torquil@gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Yes, I have uploaded the mpich 3.0.3 sources to the upstream branch in
>>> the
>>> git repository, as well as made some changes in debian/ to make it work.
>>> I
>>> might have a few more small changes, though, in addition to uploading the
>>> 3.0.4 upstream sources which are now available. E.g. perhaps upping the
>>> Debian standards version and including an earlier NMU upload in the
>>> changelog.
>>>
>>> I have changed the source name to mpich in the git repository, and have
>>> also
>>> added a few dummy transitional packages since the binary packages will
>>> also
>>> change names a bit due to the name change and due to an increase in the
>>> library soname.
>>>
>>> Despite the fact that the existence of the transitional packages seems to
>>> give a smooth upgrade on my system, I am of course not 100% sure that the
>>> scheme I have deviced is optimal, since this is a bit new to me.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>> Torquil Sørensen
>>>
>
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