[Pkg-gridengine-devel] Bug#714661: Bug#714661: Bug#714661: Bug#714661: gridengine and debian

[Michael Banck]

Hi Paul,

On Sun, Dec 01, 2013 at 10:28:32PM +0100, Paul Gevers wrote:
> On 01-12-13 22:01, Michael Banck wrote:
> >> Can you please let this bug know on what timescale you plan to migrate
> >> gridengine to libmotif-dev? Gridengine IS now the only package holding
> >> back the removal of lesstif2.
> > 
> > Feel free to NMU the current version in the archive in order to get rid
> > of lesstif2.
> 
> I would have done so several weeks ago if not for bug 701446 [1].
> Currently gridengine FTBFS. Do you agree that the proposed changes fix
> the problem. I am afraid that I am not in the position to properly test
> the package nor do I understand the changes properly. I you feel it is
> better that way, I will update the package, I will try to follow up on
> issues that arise from it, but I am not in the position to really
> support it.

That change appears to have been applied to numerous other versions of
jemalloc, and Dave is essentially Gridengine upstream, so I think it is
safe to apply it, yes.
 
> Why is none of the maintainers putting in the effort to get Dave's fork
> into Debian and get a gridengine with lots of upstream issues solved?

As I (I believe) wrote before, we are waiting for a new upload candidate
from Dave right now I think.


Michael