Bug#996324: ruby-netcdf: FTBFS with ruby3.0: ERROR: Test "ruby3.0" failed: Segmentation fault at 0x0000000000000034

[Sergio Durigan Junior]

On Friday, November 05 2021, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:

> On 11/5/21 20:58, Sergio Durigan Junior wrote:
>> - The netcdf upstream project seems to be inactive, to say the least.
>>    The last release happened in 2015, and I could not find a git
>>    repository for it.
>
> Upstream development is not healthy, but not entirely dead:
>
>  https://lists.debian.org/debian-gis/2021/10/msg00003.html

Ah, thanks for the pointer, I wasn't aware that the package is being
maintained.

>> Having said all that, I am inclined to say that this package
>> could/should be removed from Debian if it causes delays in the Ruby 3.0
>> transition.
>
> It does not cause delays, ruby3.0 is in testing since October 20th and
> ruby-defaults (1:2.7.6) migrated yesterday.
>
> ruby-netcdf has no rdeps and low popcon, it's insignificant in the
> greater ruby3.0 transition.
>
> The package will be removed from Debian if it doesn't get fixed in
> time for the bookworm release.
>
> Its maintainer and upstream developer said he'd work on fixing it, and
> there is still plenty of time for that.

ACK.

Thanks,

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