I've spent some time reading about the factory process, etc. - but I couldn't find a simple way to get two issues in (I'm sure I'll know more later). This year I've done a lot of testing of a single package, PLPLOT (https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/) , on three distinct platforms (MSYS2-mingw-w64, Cygwin, OpenSuse 13.2), each hosted on my computer, for compatibility with the officially installed packages.
Two simple issues I'm pretty confident deserve advancement are:
1. Update libharu - its version is 2.2.1 from the Suse repository. This version produces an error in the plplot test usage (cause unknown, but error no longer there when I use libharu 2.3.0, as is, compiled out of the box). https://github.com/libharu/libharu/archive/RELEASE_2_3_0.zip
2. bring in the D language compiler gdc in place of the "dmd" version. GDC has been successfully incorporated into the Debian and Fedora packages. When it grows up it should be a regular part of the GCC suite. http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/GDC_and_Fedora_20_220464...
Regards, Greg Jung
On 25 November 2015 at 18:21, Greg Jung gvjung@gmail.com wrote:
I've spent some time reading about the factory process, etc. - but I couldn't find a simple way to get two issues in (I'm sure I'll know more later). This year I've done a lot of testing of a single package, PLPLOT (https://sourceforge.net/p/plplot/) , on three distinct platforms (MSYS2-mingw-w64, Cygwin, OpenSuse 13.2), each hosted on my computer, for compatibility with the officially installed packages.
Two simple issues I'm pretty confident deserve advancement are:
- Update libharu - its version is 2.2.1 from the Suse repository. This version
produces an error in the plplot test usage (cause unknown, but error no longer there when I use libharu 2.3.0, as is, compiled out of the box). https://github.com/libharu/libharu/archive/RELEASE_2_3_0.zip
- bring in the D language compiler gdc in place of the "dmd" version. GDC
has been successfully incorporated into the Debian and Fedora packages. When it grows up it should be a regular part of the GCC suite. http://www.digitalmars.com/d/archives/digitalmars/D/GDC_and_Fedora_20_220464...
Hi Greg!
Regarding adding packages to Tumbleweed, the details you are looking for are on the wiki https://en.opensuse.org/openSUSE:How_to_contribute_to_Factory
Regarding libharu - I'd reach out to the previous maintainer(s), their email addresses are in the changelog - https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/openSUSE:Factory/libharu/libhar...
Regarding gdc vs dmd, if either gdc or dmd were in the distribution, then I would be encoraging you to start a thread on opensuse-factory@. But as neither gdc nor dmd are actually in Tumbleweed or Factory, your first stop would be the same as for libharu - I'd get in touch with the current maintainer https://build.opensuse.org/package/view_file/devel:languages:D/dmd/dmd.chang... ) and then between the two of you, you should be able to figure out a plan about getting dmd in the distribution properly, using the documentation on the wiki as your guide
Good luck, and thank you! :)
- Rich
Hi Greg,
suggestions in general can be added via https://features.opensuse.org
Am Mittwoch, 25. November 2015, 09:21:56 schrieb Greg Jung:
Two simple issues I'm pretty confident deserve advancement are:
- Update libharu - its version is 2.2.1 from the Suse repository. This
version produces an error in the plplot test usage (cause unknown, but error no longer there when I use libharu 2.3.0, as is, compiled out of the box). https://github.com/libharu/libharu/archive/RELEASE_2_3_0.zip
Branch it in OBS, upgrade, see that it builds properly, and resubmit to the original package
HTH Axel
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