[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#984063: Bug#984063: Closing bug (Was: Bug#984063: itk libtiff test issues (Was: Bug#984063))

[Andreas Tille]

Am Sun, Jan 16, 2022 at 11:51:43AM +0100 schrieb Étienne Mollier:
> At some point I tried investigating how to reproduce the tiff
> test failure with minimum requirements, to determine whether the
> problem comes from the way itk4 calls the library, or if the
> library itself is at fault, but I must admit I didn't manage to
> get very far on that front given the intricaties of the test
> system.
> 
> At this point, we don't have the cycles to maintain an itk4
> legacy library for more Debian releases.  However, in case itk4
> were really needed, an option which does not involve sacrificing
> some test results could be to reinject the embedded code copy of
> tiff 4.0.3 in itk4,

... or alternatively drop that specific test,

> and adjust d/rules to not use the operating
> system tiff library.  This could work.  The drawback is that it
> makes it problematic to maintain security wise, when issues must
> be corrected in the tiff library, but I don't see other simple
> options.

I think the roadmap that ITK4 will be deleted as soon as possible
is clear.  However, if it might serve as an intermediate means
to support some remaining dependencies temporarily I think it
is OK to do some tricks that would not be acceptable as long
term means.

Kind regards
       Andreas.


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