Bug#888733: hyantesite: test failures on most architectures

[Andreas Tille]

Hi,

On Mon, May 06, 2019 at 09:48:18AM +0100, Rebecca N. Palmer wrote:
> It looks like ra_pareto was also broken on amd64 (probably for the same "two
> variables with the same name" reason, though I haven't tested this), giving
> a constant output within its range circle, and the ra_pareto.out reference
> used that broken version (it's identical to ra_disk.out).
> 
> Hence, I now consider it likely that the two fixes above do work, and the
> test references are wrong.
> 
> Furthermore, the documentation doesn't match the actual behaviour (with or
> without these fixes):
> - It shows amortized_disk as a cone; it's now actually 1/(1+distance).
> - It shows nonzero output extending outside the distance=range circles,
> which is now not possible (hyantes_run.c:82).
> 
> The definitions of amortized_disk and pareto are also weird in that they
> change shape (not just scale) when range is changed.
> 
> Upstream appears to be abandoned (last commit 6 years ago, last upload by
> the sole Uploader (who is also upstream) nearly 7 years ago).

So what is the plan to fix this bug?  Create new references to craft
a valid test or ignore these tests?

Kind regards

     Andreas. 

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