[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#728650: Bug#728650: FTBFS on PowerPC, patch attached.

[Charles Plessy]

Le Sun, Nov 03, 2013 at 12:02:26PM -0700, Adam Conrad a écrit :
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>   * Stop selecting vmx DP implementation on powerpc to resolve FTBFS.

Hi Adam,

at this point, we have to consider the use cases.

Hmmer is a software for scientific computing.  Using it with AltiVec/VMX
disabled on a recent PowerPC platform makes no sense from an economical
point of view.

Also, if building with AltiVec/VMX is broken, it may be the symptom of a bigger
probem.  How do we know if it the program works at all even if it builds with
AltiVec/VMX disabled ?  We have no test suite and no sign of users of the hmmer
Debian packages on PowerPC. 

I would recommend to simply stop distributing it on PowerPC, and invest further
work only if we have a user asking for it.

Have a nice day,

-- 
Charles Plessy
Debian Med packaging team,
http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-med
Tsurumi, Kanagawa, Japan