[Debian-science-sagemath] libgap 4.8.4

[Tobias Hansen]

On 10/12/2016 01:26 PM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
> 
> 
> On 12/10/16 09:18, Tobias Hansen wrote:
>> On 10/12/2016 02:48 AM, Jerome BENOIT wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> On 12/10/16 00:18, Tobias Hansen wrote:
>>>> Hi,
>>>
>>>> today I created a libgap 4.8.4 "release" for us (gladly there are
>>>> instructions in libgaps readme). With this we should be able to use the
>>>> gap package from unstable (a complete test run is not finished yet). I
>>>> pushed it to the libgap-sage packaging git:
>>>
>>>> https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/libgap-sage.git
>>>
>>>> Jerome, I used the orig tarball originating from 'make dist' and
>>>> realized only later that you used a version of the git source and do the
>>>> magic that usually happens during 'make dist' in debian/rules. I think
>>>> it makes for a simpler package if we use the make dist tarball, but you
>>>> are the maintainer, what do you prefer?
>>>
>>> Actually I did prefer the original tarball: the package was reject for
>>> copyright reasons: the issue is that the source files are modified but
>>> not their copyright header. It is why I play with the git material
>>> which contains only non-modified material.
>>>
>>>
>>>  If you want to do it as before,
>>>
>>> For copyright reason, yes.
>>>
>>>> you can create a new tarball based on the upstream-git branch and update
>>>> the master and upstream branches.
>>>
>>> Yes I could, but I wanted to build my very first package on a stable commit.
>>> Do you know the `right' commit for gap 4.8.4 ?
>>>
>>> If so, I will upgrade the package and upload it in Sid (as DM).
>>>
> 
>> What do you mean by stable commit?
> 
> It is not clear to me whether or not the last commit corresponds to
> a stable version of the library, after all it was not released
> while the current stable version of GAP is 4.8.5 (and not 4.8.3).
> 

You could also leave the orig source as it is, and apply my commit
c43e89d489bbdb0e as an additional patch. It is however important to set
SyKernelVersion = 4.8.4.

Some of the new failed tests are just the same output with another
formatting. The timeouts are a bit more worrisome. We have to go through
this though, uploading gap 4.8.3 isn't really an option.

Best,
Tobias