Bug#653133: ITP: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl -- Pure-Perl Mersenne-Twister module to generate random numbers
On 04/01/12 01:34, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: On 01/03/2012 03:43 PM, Florent Angly wrote: Good question! I see three advantages of the Pure-perl approach: 1/ It should work on all platforms, including the hurd-i386, where the C/XS approach does not work The failure on hurd-i386 is trivial to fix (just include stdint.h like on Linux). 2/ Some Perl developers prefer to not rely on Perl modules that use C/XS because this allows them to more easily make and deploy tarballs that contain all dependencies Is this relevant for Debian? I would assume to already use a local version for development if they plan to bundle it later as well. 3/ There is at least one method in the pure Perl version that the C/XS approach does not have get_seed/set_seed? Yes 4/ I have interacted with the developer of the pure Perl module but have had no such luck with the developer of the C/XS version. The pure Perl version may hence be easier to maintain in Debian in the future. We had the same discussion for the Digest::SHA::PurePerl module[1] in the past where several people raised the same point (pureperl re-implementations are usually not needed on Debian). Very well! It looks like my efforts will be better spent adding the new features to Math::Random::MT instead of packaging the Pure-perl version. Regards, Florent Regards, Ansgar [1] http://bugs.debian.org/556386 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f055be6.1070...@gmail.com
Bug#653133: ITP: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl -- Pure-Perl Mersenne-Twister module to generate random numbers
Hi, On 12/24/2011 12:32 PM, Florent Angly wrote: * Package name: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl This module implements the same pseudorandom number generator found in Math::Random::MT (libmath-random-mt-perl Debian package), which is implemented in C/XS. What would be the use of the pure-perl version in Debian? The XS implementation is available on all architectures (except hurd-i386 where the package failed to build). Regards, Ansgar -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f02ed51.1000...@debian.org
Bug#653133: ITP: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl -- Pure-Perl Mersenne-Twister module to generate random numbers
On 03/01/12 21:58, Ansgar Burchardt wrote: Hi, On 12/24/2011 12:32 PM, Florent Angly wrote: * Package name: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl This module implements the same pseudorandom number generator found in Math::Random::MT (libmath-random-mt-perl Debian package), which is implemented in C/XS. What would be the use of the pure-perl version in Debian? The XS implementation is available on all architectures (except hurd-i386 where the package failed to build). Regards, Ansgar Hi Ansgar, Good question! I see three advantages of the Pure-perl approach: 1/ It should work on all platforms, including the hurd-i386, where the C/XS approach does not work 2/ Some Perl developers prefer to not rely on Perl modules that use C/XS because this allows them to more easily make and deploy tarballs that contain all dependencies 3/ There is at least one method in the pure Perl version that the C/XS approach does not have 4/ I have interacted with the developer of the pure Perl module but have had no such luck with the developer of the C/XS version. The pure Perl version may hence be easier to maintain in Debian in the future. Regards, Florent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f03140c.8070...@gmail.com
Bug#653133: ITP: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl -- Pure-Perl Mersenne-Twister module to generate random numbers
On 01/03/2012 03:43 PM, Florent Angly wrote: Good question! I see three advantages of the Pure-perl approach: 1/ It should work on all platforms, including the hurd-i386, where the C/XS approach does not work The failure on hurd-i386 is trivial to fix (just include stdint.h like on Linux). 2/ Some Perl developers prefer to not rely on Perl modules that use C/XS because this allows them to more easily make and deploy tarballs that contain all dependencies Is this relevant for Debian? I would assume to already use a local version for development if they plan to bundle it later as well. 3/ There is at least one method in the pure Perl version that the C/XS approach does not have get_seed/set_seed? 4/ I have interacted with the developer of the pure Perl module but have had no such luck with the developer of the C/XS version. The pure Perl version may hence be easier to maintain in Debian in the future. We had the same discussion for the Digest::SHA::PurePerl module[1] in the past where several people raised the same point (pureperl re-implementations are usually not needed on Debian). Regards, Ansgar [1] http://bugs.debian.org/556386 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4f032016.5040...@debian.org
Bug#653133: ITP: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl -- Pure-Perl Mersenne-Twister module to generate random numbers
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Florent Angly florent.an...@gmail.com * Package name: libmath-random-mt-perl-perl Version : 1.06 Upstream Author : Dr James Freeman airmedi...@gmail.com * URL : hhttp://search.cpan.org/dist/Math-Random-MT-Perl/ * License : Artistic License 2.0 Programming Lang: Perl Description : Pure-Perl Mersenne-Twister module to generate random numbers Math::Random::MT::Perl is a pure-Perl implementation of the Mersenne Twister algorithm. Mersenne Twister is a 32 bit pseudorandom number generator developed by Makoto Matsumoto and Takuji Nishimura. The algorithm is characterised by a very uniform distribution but is not cryptographically secure. What this means in real terms is that it is fine for modeling but no good for crypto. This module implements the same pseudorandom number generator found in Math::Random::MT (libmath-random-mt-perl Debian package), which is implemented in C/XS. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-wnpp-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20111224113259.21208.65599.reportbug@bombadil
