Hi Aaron,
Am Sat, Feb 26, 2022 at 10:48:29PM -0500 schrieb Aaron M. Ucko:
> Andreas Tille <andr...@an3as.eu> writes:
>
> > I managed the packaging now at the state where it builds binary packages
> > that are technically basically OK from a Debian point of view (one RPATH
> > issue left). Aaron, I would love if you could give it a review with
> > your specialist hat on.
>
> Great, thanks! I'll review the result when I get a chance.
>
> > I have no idea whether it makes sense to split up the libraries.
>
> Don't worry, it definitely does -- I anticipate it will sooner or later
> be common, if not typical, to need only libncbi-vdb.
If you think the package structure is OK I might upload to new.
Any other fine tuning that might be needed could be done in some
source-only upload.
> > Please also check whether we should keep the Architecture restriction
> > to certain architectures or whether cmake now enables us to simply use
> > "any".
>
> Last I checked, the CMake setup had some architecture-specific logic
> that would call for not only keeping but tightening the restriction, by
> dropping i386. We could perhaps attempt to reinstate i386 support, but
> I'm not sure it's worth the effort nowadays.
>
> > I'd really welcome some sensible autopkgtest which could prevent me
> > making mistakes in future.
>
> I've found sra-toolkit's to be a fairly effective stand-in, but a
> dedicated autopkgtest certainly wouldn't hurt.
I absolutely agree ... but I have no idea about a test. We might
re-use the build time test partly. Or can you get some hints from
upstream?
> > PS: Please note that I'm on vacation next week and will not do anything
> > on this package in the next 10 days.
>
> Enjoy your vacation!
:-)
Kind regards
Andreas.
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