We've just released PDL-2.016.
https://sourceforge.net/p/pdl/mailman/message/35124607/
--Chris
On 5/30/2016 06:02, Andreas Tille wrote:
Hi Perl team,
I've got a request from PDL upstream who fully correctly noticed that
PDL is not properly maintained inside Debian. Since I once did some
ad-hoc fixes Upstream CCed me whether I could do something as Debian
Science team member. I had a look and updated Git[1] a bit but I
noticed that it is way better if some Perl programmer could have a look.
I admit that the patches are more than the small time cycles I would be
able to spent into this would permit me to do.
I'd be really happy if Debian Perl team could take over maintenance
of this package.
Kind regards
Andreas.
[1] https://anonscm.debian.org/git/debian-science/packages/pdl.git
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 06:08:49PM -0400, Chris Marshall wrote:
Thanks for the quick response, Andreas.
We're planning a new PDL-2.016 release by the end of
May but as far as Debian packaging goes, nothing will
change from PDL-2.015 to PDL-2.16 compared to the
current debian/ directory in the PDL distribution.
I reviewed the contents of that folder and it seems
to have the pieces needed to package things for a
Debian release but I'm not running on a Debian system
and there are no instructions for the build/release
process.
The PDL-2.016 release candidate 1 is available from
CPAN at http://search.cpan.org/~chm/PDL-2.015_001/ and
you can download the tarball from the Download link:
http://search.cpan.org/CPAN/authors/id/C/CH/CHM/PDL-2.015_001.tar.gz
In the top level of the PDL-2.015_001/ folder which
will result from untar-ing the distribution file you
will see a debian/ folder with the contents from
Henning Glawes previous work.
I'm very willing to help out from the PDL/perl side of
things if you could find an experienced Debian
science maintainer to try things out. I don't want
to blindly start editing without knowing how things
work. If we can get the process bootstrapped, I can
see about finding a new maintainer (maybe me if I can
install a Debian unix for development).
Cheers,
Chris
On 5/28/2016 17:35, Andreas Tille wrote:
Hi Chris,
On Sat, May 28, 2016 at 02:31:40PM -0400, Chris Marshall wrote:
I saw that you have had activity with the Debian pdl packaging
>from 15 Jan 2016. I'm hoping to update the pdl package from
the current version PDL-2.007 to the soon to be released
PDL-2.016.
PDL-2.007 is more than 3 years out of date and is missing some
significant and ongoing bug fixes and feature enhancements.
Of specific interest is that PDL now support 64bit indexing
and can operate with perls built with the long double config
option.
PDL now builds out of the box on the main perl platforms:
linux, mac os x, windows, and bsd. If there are any issues
with packaging we would like to address them. AFAICT, the
problem is lack of an active maintainer.
I admit that pdl is not very well maintained in Debian. I moved it to
Debian Science team maintenance to increase the awareness of more people
who might potentially care. You could become a member of the team and
update the packaging or send us patches we could include. Please ping
us (perhaps by CCing me personally since your previous mail did not
received any answer?) if the new version is released and ready for
packaging.
Kind regards
Andreas.
-------- Forwarded Message --------
Subject: PDL package update and POC
Date: Thu, 26 May 2016 19:07:58 -0400
From: Chris Marshall <devel.chm...@gmail.com>
To: debian-science-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
Dear Debian-Science-Maintainers,
I'm hoping to contact the current pdl package maintainer for debian.
The current package is years out of date. If possible, I would like
to update to the current PDL-2.015 or later as there are a very large
number of bugs fixed and platform compatibility enhancements.
I've tried emailing Henning Glawe but have received no response for
a year or more.
Thanks in advance,
Chris
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