Bug#1084066: amdgcn-tools: Please upgrade build-dep to llvm/clang 18 or 19

[Matthias Klose]

On 10.01.25 12:08, Emilio Pozuelo Monfort wrote:
> Control: clone -1 -2
> Control: reassign -2 src:llvm-toolchain-19
> Control: retitle -2 llvm-toolchain-19: readd gcn targets
> Control: block -1 with -2
> 
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 12 Dec 2024 12:05:59 +0100 Matthias Klose <doko at debian.org> wrote:
>> On 12.12.24 00:07, Bastian Germann wrote:
>> > On Fri, 4 Oct 2024 18:50:41 +0200 Sylvestre Ledru 
>> <sylvestre at debian.org> > wrote:
>> >> We would like to remove llvm-toolchain-17 and this package uses 
>> LLVM 17.
>> >> Please update to 19 (preferred) or 18
>> > Please also get rid of the unnecessary llvm-* Build-Dependencies 
>> when > updating the llvm version.
>> >
>> we can't do that unless we stop shipping GCC 13, or reverting the 
>> removal of the gcn* targets in LLVM 18.  So probably you should start 
>> working on getting these targets back into LLVM 18 or LLVM 19.
> I don't see in the changelog for llvm 18 or 19 that the targets were 
> removed, so perhaps the removal was unintentional? Sylvestre, can those 
> be added back, so that amdgcn-tools can move to a newer llvm? This is 
> one of the last blockers for the removal of llvm-toolchain-17 from trixie.

why is the removal required? There are no known security issues reported 
(checked with the security team), and after an odyssey of the release 
team blocking both llvm-18 and llvm-19 from testing for a long time, not 
encouraging migration to newer LLVM versions, I don't see any necessity 
to drop LLVM 17. If you want to drop one more version, please consider 
dropping 18 instead.

Matthias