[Debian-pan-maintainers] Bug#1032902: Numba issues for genx for other architectures than amd64 and ppc64el (Was: genx won't start: TypeError: Pen(): arguments did not match any overloaded call)

[Nilesh Patra]

On Tue, Apr 18, 2023 at 03:54:23PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> and we have other errors for other architectures which all contain
> the string "numba".  IMHO this is a mess we can hardly fix in hard
> freeze.  I see only two chances:

I haven't done a thorough research but it is probably originating from
numba itself.

>    1. Restrict the architectures to amd64 and ppc64el (which are
>       the only ones where the build succeeds or

We maybe a little too late for this as well.

>    2. Remove the package from testing for the moment.  The only
>       rdepends is currently pan-grazing-incidence which will be
>       lowered to suggests once we re-render debian-pan metapackages.

It is a possible option but it maybe a useful package in itself.
This numba situation has arised due to uploading a new upstream update
of genx during hard freeze (I wonder why this happened).
I think we do have a third alternative:

> What do you think?

3. Cherry-pick the commit[6] for fixing this bug and upload to t-p-u by
asking release team first, or go ahead with a +really scheme whichever
seems better, but it needs to be done quickly.

> [1] https://udd.debian.org/bugs/?release=bookworm_and_sid&merged=ign&done=only&rc=1&flastmod=ign&flastmodval=5&sortby=last_modified&sorto=asc&ctags=1&cdeferred=1&caffected=1&cautormtime=1&cmissingbuilds=1&#results
> [2] https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=genx&suite=sid
> [3] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=genx&arch=arm64&ver=3.6.21-1&stamp=1681143066&raw=0
> [4] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=genx&arch=armel&ver=3.6.21-1&stamp=1681142381&raw=0
> [5] https://buildd.debian.org/status/fetch.php?pkg=genx&arch=i386&ver=3.6.21-1&stamp=1681142358&raw=0
[6] https://sourceforge.net/p/genx/git/ci/221e3207b045e7d3a59de1876a675ce017312d9c 

-- 
Best,
Nilesh
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