Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal
The TileDB source package uses cmake and find_package for external resources; the upstream team maintaining the core library is going to switch to vcpkg soon. A full featured TileDB really needs the AWS SDK which we still do not have, would benefit from the GCS SDK (not in Debian), ditto for Azure as well as integration with several other components which is difficult as upstream pins some parts we have (CapnProto, Catch2, ...) but in different versions. TileDB is an excellent product, and a lovely C++ library that can be used well from Python and R. But it is not a good fit within Debian, and after maintaining for about two years as a caretaker maintainer (it was brought and then left by someone else) I have come to the conclusion that it is not a good fit for Debian. Full disclosure: I work at TileDB and build the library all the time (mostly on current Ubuntu as my dev env) and am hence quite familiar with various extensions and optional components. We are short-changing our users by not enabling them, but we cannot enable them and stay true to Debian packaging guidelines. Happy to expand if there are questions. Thanks, Dirk -- dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org
