Bug#1073254: geary: please add support for loong64

[Jeremy Bícha]

On Tue, Aug 13, 2024 at 12:03 AM wuruilong <wuruilong at loongson.cn> wrote:
> Is there a problem with the attachment patch merge into the repository? Feel free to contact me.

Yes, the patch has multiple problems.

- It patches debian/rules twice.
- It adds libunwind-dev to the Build-Depends for loong64 but libunwind
isn't yet built on Debian's loong64
- Enabling libunwind is the only thing the patch does, but building
with libunwind is not necessary to build geary. Therefore, the patch
appears unnecessary.

However, it looks like the suggested patch was applied anyway on the
ports builder. The build tests are failing which means this patch
won't fix the build.

https://buildd.debian.org/status/package.php?p=geary

Because this is a "leaf package" (the package has no reverse
dependencies), it doesn't seem helpful to ignore build test failures
unless someone can verify that geary works on loong64. For instance,
we have removed geary on s390x because its build tests keep failing
and we don't have any volunteers who run geary on s390x.

Thank you,
Jeremy Bícha