On 22 May 2005 at 19:51, Steve Langasek wrote: | On Sun, May 22, 2005 at 02:28:21PM -0500, Dirk Eddelbuettel wrote: | | > | It looks like rpy 0.4.1-4 fixes this bug by adding a full set of R-2.1.0 | | > I recalled that we had fixed it; I guess I confused 2.0.1 with 2.1.0 here. | | > | headers inside the tarball. Is this really the appropriate fix? If so, I | > | can push 0.4.1-4 into sarge; but it looks like these headers are duplicates | > | of the ones already present in r-base-core, and that this is actually a bug | > | with the upstream build-scripts? | | > You need to talk to Greg (== upstream) about that. He calls this "batteries | > ^H generators included". For other less stringently organised upstream | > systems, shipping the headers is appropriate. For us, it is overkill, but | > then this ain't a Debian-native package so ... | | Eh, these headers were all added to the package in the Debian diff between | 0.4.1-2 and 0.4.1-4; it doesn't look to me like upstream's to blame for | their presence.
Right, but upstream is to blame for the decision to include all headers and kitchensinks : [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~/src/debian/Python/rpy-0.4.1> du -csk R-[12]* 496 R-1.8.0 496 R-1.8.1 504 R-1.9.0 504 R-1.9.1 592 R-2.0.0 592 R-2.0.1 520 R-2.1.0 3704 total I just checked the changelog. 0.4.1 (upstream) added headers for R 2.0.1. Debian 0.4.1-3 added R-2.1.0 building on the existing "batteries err generators included" framework of yielding to all known recent R versions. Which is, as I agree, a defensible strategy. | > What do I have to do to get 0.4.1-4 into sarge? Looking from the different | > 'build', 'excuses' and 'more' links off my qa summary page | > (http://people.debian.org/~igloo/status.php?packages=rpy), it looks like this | > has been built everywhere. Can you push it into sarge? | | Only if you can really explain why the package grew all of these headers in | a Debian revision, and why rpy can't be fixed to use the r-base headers | installed on the system (as a result of the build-dep) instead. :) See above for part one, and see Greg for part two as I alluded to earlier :) Dirk -- Statistics: The (futile) attempt to offer certainty about uncertainty. -- Roger Koenker, 'Dictionary of Received Ideas of Statistics' -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
