[gambit-list] Fw: Re: Gambit-C Version needs updating

Jackson Doak noskcaj at ubuntu.com
Thu Feb 19 03:57:46 EST 2015


I said it was difficult because of the old Packaging being writers. It
might not be an issue anymore
On 19 Feb 2015 19:54, "Mikael" <mikael.rcv at gmail.com> wrote:

> Duke and maybe Jackson,
>
> So https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677709 says
> Ubuntu/Debian has had Gambit split up in four packages: gambc, libgambc4,
> libgambc4-dev, gambc-doc .
>
> I don't see why this would be a low-demand package, except that for the
> reason that compiling it is so simple there's little to no reason to do it
> yourself :)
>
> I essentially don't see why not exactly the same
> http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/download/gambit/v4.*/source/gambc-v4_*-devel.tgz
> <http://www.iro.umontreal.ca/~gambit/download/gambit/v4.7/source/gambc-v4_7_0-devel.tgz>
> => Ubuntu package script as used with 4.2.8 wouldn't work with 4.7.0.
>
> Was this done manually from scratch for each package update by the former
> maintainer and he left with the knowledge?
>
>
>
> Since 4.2.8, nothing changed in how Gambit is linked or built, and
> essentially nothing changed with regard to configure script arguments.
>
> Historically there was one single potential issue, which was that Gambit
> doesn't work smoothly with some GCC versions in the 4.2 and 4.3 series,
> though with all >= 4.6 all is fine, and I guess that's what Ubuntu uses
> nowadays anyhow, anyhow so consideration was needed on that point.
>
> Anyhow to sum up from my end, my five cents to this conversation is that
> supposedly the packaging task is trivial.
>
> Mikael
>
>
> 2015-02-19 5:12 GMT+05:30 Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net>:
>
>> > Would you mind emailing him and asking?
>> >
>> > The only thing I can see would be if Gambit wouldn't be nice with
>> > the OS' bundled GCC version.
>>
>> Could do!!
>>
>> But I'm thinking that they don't want to go through the
>> bother of putting a "package" together for software experiencing
>> very little demand (in their mind).
>>
>> --
>> Duke
>> ><>
>>
>
>
> 2015-02-19 5:21 GMT+05:30 Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net>:
>
>> > Would you mind emailing him and asking?
>>
>> I just sent Jackson Doak of Ubuntu an email asking him if they
>> would maintain the Gambit-C package, or whether the "maintainer"
>> has to originate from the Gambit-C community.
>> --
>> Duke
>> ><>
>
>
>
> 2015-02-19 8:14 GMT+05:30 Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net>:
>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:38:04 +1100
>> From: Jackson Doak <noskcaj at ubuntu.com>
>> To: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net>
>> Subject: Re: Back with that Gambit-C issue
>>
>>
>> The maintainer can be from anywhere. The old packaging required the
>> compile to be run twice, but i'm not sure if that's still needed.
>> It's just a case of finding someone with the time.
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677709 and
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gambc/+bug/422034 are the
>> bugs asking for adoption
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Duke Normandin
>> <dukeofperl at ml1.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey Jackson ...
>> >
>> > The Gambit gurus are telling me that the software compiles with
>> > zero issues (for someone that knows what their doing I suppose).
>> >
>> > Would that fact be enough to convince somebody at Ubuntu to
>> > maintain Gambit-C?  Or does the maintainer *have* to come from the
>> > Gambit-C community?
>>
>> --
>> Duke
>> ><>
>>
>
>
>
> 2015-02-19 8:14 GMT+05:30 Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net>:
>
>>
>>
>> Begin forwarded message:
>>
>> Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 13:38:04 +1100
>> From: Jackson Doak <noskcaj at ubuntu.com>
>> To: Duke Normandin <dukeofperl at ml1.net>
>> Subject: Re: Back with that Gambit-C issue
>>
>>
>> The maintainer can be from anywhere. The old packaging required the
>> compile to be run twice, but i'm not sure if that's still needed.
>> It's just a case of finding someone with the time.
>> https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=677709 and
>> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gambc/+bug/422034 are the
>> bugs asking for adoption
>>
>> On Thu, Feb 19, 2015 at 10:48 AM, Duke Normandin
>> <dukeofperl at ml1.net> wrote:
>>
>> > Hey Jackson ...
>> >
>> > The Gambit gurus are telling me that the software compiles with
>> > zero issues (for someone that knows what their doing I suppose).
>> >
>> > Would that fact be enough to convince somebody at Ubuntu to
>> > maintain Gambit-C?  Or does the maintainer *have* to come from the
>> > Gambit-C community?
>>
>> --
>> Duke
>> ><>
>>
>
>
>
>
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