Bug#730492: RFH: hdf5
On 01/12/2013 13:00, Gilles Filippini wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Gilles Filippini a écrit , Le 25/11/2013 18:40:
>> Sylvestre Ledru a écrit , Le 25/11/2013 18:17:
>>> If someone wants to step in to help on HDF5, he/she is more than welcome.
>>>
>>> I am planning to maintain it but help is welcome.
>>> For example, some tasks which should be done:
>>> * fix the git repository (git import-orig ../hdf5_1.8.12.orig.tar.gz fails with conflicts)
>>> * package the new upstream release (1.8.12) /!\ in the release 11, the SONAME was wrongly changed
>>> to 8 for no real reason. We should check if the 8 is deserved or not.
>>> * backport the arm64 ubuntu changes
>> I step in. I'll start with the git stuff.
> I've successfully imported and merged the new upstream release. There
> were no conflicts at all. I've also refreshed the patch set and achieved
> a first successful build. At this stage I'd like to push my changes to
> alioth. I applied yesterday for pkg-grass membership for this purpose.
Thanks!
> I'm now in the process of updating the symbol files, and I'm a bit
> puzzled by the many '#MISSING: 1.8.x# flags present in
> libhdf5-mpich2-7.symbols and libhdf5-openmpi-7.symbols. Shouldn't
> removed symbols bump the SONAME?
Yep, probably. Could you share the list of the missing items ?
> There are also a lot of '(optional)' and '(arch xxx)' tags. What are the
> rationals for setting them?
>
The symbol list differs from an arch to the other ... :/
Sylvestre
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