Bug#689814: unblock: gnuradio/3.6.1-1

[intrigeri]

Hi,

Mehdi Dogguy wrote (07 Oct 2012 15:50:08 GMT) :
> Sorry if this wasn't clear but I meant targeted patches. In order to
> evaluate the request, we'd like to see concrete minimal patches to fix
> issues (and an explanation about its importance).

> At this point of the freeze, we are not going to accept 3.6.1, sorry.

Since then, I've seen no indication that A. Maitland Bottoms intends
to prepare an upload for t-p-u, so I suggest the release team now
closes this unblock request, and the maintainers weigh if they
consider 3.5.3.2-1 good enough for a Debian stable release.

Cheers,
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Bug#689814: unblock: gnuradio/3.6.1-1

[A. Maitland Bottoms]

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The gnuradio 3.6.1-1 source was accepted into unstable
on 12 June 2012:
http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gnuradio/news/20120612T181727Z.html

Since that was before the Wheezy freeze, this should apply:
"Any packages in unstable before the 19:52 dinstall begins on that day
will be given automatic freeze exceptions (for the specific version in
unstable)."

All other architectures built before the freeze, the ia64 binaries
only recently have been uploaded.
(Subject: gnuradio_3.6.1-1_ia64.changes ACCEPTED into unstable
 Date: Sat, 06 Oct 2012 04:17:55 +)

It would be good to release Wheezy with gnuradio 3.6.1

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Bug#689814: unblock: gnuradio/3.6.1-1

[Mehdi Dogguy]

On 06/10/2012 17:54, A. Maitland Bottoms wrote:
> 
> The gnuradio 3.6.1-1 source was accepted into unstable on 12 June
> 2012: 
> http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gnuradio/news/20120612T181727Z.html
>
>  Since that was before the Wheezy freeze, this should apply: "Any
> packages in unstable before the 19:52 dinstall begins on that day 
> will be given automatic freeze exceptions (for the specific version
> in unstable)."
> 

Automatic freeze exceptions are granted for one month. If the package
didn't migrate within that duration, the freeze exception is dropped.

> All other architectures built before the freeze, the ia64 binaries 
> only recently have been uploaded. (Subject:
> gnuradio_3.6.1-1_ia64.changes ACCEPTED into unstable Date: Sat, 06
> Oct 2012 04:17:55 +)
> 
> It would be good to release Wheezy with gnuradio 3.6.1
> 

It is a pity that the package didn't migrate due to a transient build
failure, but it is not an argument to unblock it. Besides, the diff
between testing's and sid's gnuradio looks rather large… and sid's
version doesn't (according to the BTS) fix any serious issues.

Do you have in mind some very important fixes that you'd like to see
in Wheezy? If not, we'd prefer to keep 3.6.1-1 out of Wheezy.

Regards,

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Bug#689814: unblock: gnuradio/3.6.1-1

[A. Maitland Bottoms]

> Mehdi Dogguy  writes:
> It is a pity that the package didn't migrate due to a transient build
> failure, but it is not an argument to unblock it. Besides, the diff
> between testing's and sid's gnuradio looks rather large

Bug#689814: unblock: gnuradio/3.6.1-1

[A. Maitland Bottoms]

> Mehdi Dogguy  writes:
> It is a pity that the package didn't migrate due to a transient build
> failure, but it is not an argument to unblock it. Besides, the diff
> between testing's and sid's gnuradio looks rather large and sid's
> version doesn't (according to the BTS) fix any serious issues.

The gnuradio community has been trained to avoid Debian packages, so
they are not using them or posting bugs to the BTS. That said, I am
trying to change that.

> Do you have in mind some very important fixes that you'd like to see
> in Wheezy? If not, we'd prefer to keep 3.6.1-1 out of Wheezy.

Upstream changelogs:
http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ChangeLogV3_6_1
http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ChangeLogV3_6_0

---

The one that will lead to the most user comments if Debian doesn't
have it: "Allow left click in FFT display to set a GRC variable"

While it's a fairly minor feature, it allows "click to tune" to
work. For software defined radio applications this is a compelling
human-machine interface feature. The FFT display shows a band
of radio frequencies, and the user just clicks on an interesting
peak in the visualization of the FFT display and the radio receiving
parts of the application tune to demodulate it - which often leads
to hearing a human voice. See - Click - Listen. Also avoids having
less-intuitive coarse frquency tuning slider bars in the GUI.

---

The polyphase filterbank support is quite likely to be useful,
http://www.trondeau.com/blog/2012/2/24/some-really-cool-dsp.html
and the gr-digital and gr-filter blocks are an important addition.

To be sure, gnuradio developers will charge ahead with new ABIs and
APIs, and I intend to package up newer versions for wheezey-backports
in the future.

But the person who discovers gnuradio by finding it in Wheezy will
be better served by starting to work with the 3.6.1 version rather
than the 3.5.3.2 version.

I've been using Wheezy and gnuradio 3.6 to follow along the fun
people were having with the DVB-T dongles:
http://sdr.osmocom.org/trac/wiki/rtl-sdr

Since I didn't have to wait for 3.6.1 on my Wheezy boxes, I've
been using it - and my Debian packages have worked well with
scripts and extensions written by  others.

---

Upstream gnuradio developers would like to see gnuradio 3.6.1
in Wheezy. At the end of September I attended the conference
http://www.trondeau.com/gnu-radio-conference-2012/
The increased use of VOLK makes gnuradio 3.6.1 run faster.
Even with the perspective of a few months of time passing,
the gnuradio 3.6.1-1 package uploaded in June still looks
like a good candidate for inclusion in Wheezy.

-Maitland


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Bug#689814: unblock: gnuradio/3.6.1-1

[Mehdi Dogguy]

On 07/10/2012 17:27, A. Maitland Bottoms wrote:
>> Mehdi Dogguy  writes:
>> It is a pity that the package didn't migrate due to a transient 
>> build failure, but it is not an argument to unblock it. Besides, 
>> the diff between testing's and sid's gnuradio looks rather 
>> large$,1s&� and sid's version doesn't (according to the BTS) fix 
>> any serious issues.
> 
> The gnuradio community has been trained to avoid Debian packages, so
>  they are not using them or posting bugs to the BTS. That said, I am
>  trying to change that.
> 
>> Do you have in mind some very important fixes that you'd like to 
>> see in Wheezy? If not, we'd prefer to keep 3.6.1-1 out of Wheezy.
> 
> Upstream changelogs: 
> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ChangeLogV3_6_1 
> http://gnuradio.org/redmine/projects/gnuradio/wiki/ChangeLogV3_6_0
> 

Sorry if this wasn't clear but I meant targeted patches. In order to
evaluate the request, we'd like to see concrete minimal patches to fix
issues (and an explanation about its importance).

At this point of the freeze, we are not going to accept 3.6.1, sorry.

Regards,

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Mehdi Dogguy مهدي الدڤي


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