Bug 1757993

Summary: Review Request: octave-zmat - A data compression toolbox for MATLAB/Octave
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Qianqian Fang <fangqq>
Component: Package ReviewAssignee: Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD) <sanjay.ankur>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Qianqian Fang 2019-10-02 22:18:58 UTC
Spec URL: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/fangq/fedorapkg/master/octave-zmat.spec
SRPM URL: https://kwafoo.coe.neu.edu/~fangq/share/temp/octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc30.src.rpm
Description:

ZMat is a portable mex function to enable zlib/gzip/lzma/lzip/lz4/lz4hc 
based data compression/decompression and base64 encoding/decoding support 
in MATLAB and GNU Octave. It is fast and compact, can process a large 
array within a fraction of a second. Among the 6 supported compression 
methods, lz4 is the fastest for compression/decompression; lzma is the 
slowest but has the highest compression ratio; zlib/gzip have the best 
balance between speed and compression time.

Fedora Account System Username: fangq

Comment 1 Qianqian Fang 2019-10-03 18:33:39 UTC
One question I have is about BuildArch - the code is portable and supports both i386 and x86_64, but if I change 

  ExclusiveArch: x86_64

to 

  BuildArch: i386, x86_64


then rpmlint gives an error: buildarch-instead-of-exclusivearch-tag

is i386 no longer supported?


another question - do I need to explicitly add zlib as as Requires if octave already contains this dependency?

thanks

Comment 2 Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD) 2019-10-07 08:59:53 UTC
(In reply to Qianqian Fang from comment #1)
> One question I have is about BuildArch - the code is portable and supports
> both i386 and x86_64, but if I change 
> 
>   ExclusiveArch: x86_64
> 
> to 
> 
>   BuildArch: i386, x86_64
> 
> 
> then rpmlint gives an error: buildarch-instead-of-exclusivearch-tag
> 
> is i386 no longer supported?

If the code is portable, then you must use `BuildArch: noarch`. It must build on all platforms that Fedora currently supports. You only use ExclusiveArch etc if the software does not support the whole set:
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Architectures

And then tracker bugs must be filed to clarify this:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/#_architecture_support

> 
> 
> another question - do I need to explicitly add zlib as as Requires if octave
> already contains this dependency?
> 
> thanks

It is better to add it here explicitly---we should not rely on another package pulling it into the transaction.

Comment 3 Qianqian Fang 2019-10-07 18:28:06 UTC
thanks, the spec file is now updated at

https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/blob/zmat/octave-zmat.spec
https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/commit/1fab7e3dad96803de281e3fc6e601cb38605c995

also included the suggestions from @eclipseo from other threads. builds fine on my machine.

Comment 4 Robert-André Mauchin 🐧 2019-10-07 19:03:03 UTC
 - Source1 should be:

Source1:        https://github.com/lloyd/easylzma/archive/0.0.7/easylzma-0.0.7.tar.gz

(no v)

 - Use macros to respect Fedoras build flags

%cmake .
%make_build





Package Review
==============

Legend:
[x] = Pass, [!] = Fail, [-] = Not applicable, [?] = Not evaluated
[ ] = Manual review needed


===== MUST items =====

Generic:
[x]: Package is licensed with an open-source compatible license and meets
     other legal requirements as defined in the legal section of Packaging
     Guidelines.
[x]: License field in the package spec file matches the actual license.
     Note: Checking patched sources after %prep for licenses. Licenses
     found: "Unknown or generated". 54 files have unknown license. Detailed
     output of licensecheck in /home/bob/packaging/review/octave-
     zmat/review-octave-zmat/licensecheck.txt
[x]: License file installed when any subpackage combination is installed.
[x]: If the package is under multiple licenses, the licensing breakdown
     must be documented in the spec.
[!]: %build honors applicable compiler flags or justifies otherwise.
[x]: Package contains no bundled libraries without FPC exception.
[x]: Changelog in prescribed format.
[x]: Sources contain only permissible code or content.
[-]: Package contains desktop file if it is a GUI application.
[-]: Development files must be in a -devel package
[x]: Package uses nothing in %doc for runtime.
[x]: Package consistently uses macros (instead of hard-coded directory
     names).
[x]: Package is named according to the Package Naming Guidelines.
[x]: Package does not generate any conflict.
[x]: Package obeys FHS, except libexecdir and /usr/target.
[-]: If the package is a rename of another package, proper Obsoletes and
     Provides are present.
[x]: Requires correct, justified where necessary.
[x]: Spec file is legible and written in American English.
[-]: Package contains systemd file(s) if in need.
[x]: Useful -debuginfo package or justification otherwise.
[x]: Package is not known to require an ExcludeArch tag.
[-]: Large documentation must go in a -doc subpackage. Large could be size
     (~1MB) or number of files.
     Note: Documentation size is 20480 bytes in 4 files.
[x]: Package complies to the Packaging Guidelines
[x]: Package successfully compiles and builds into binary rpms on at least
     one supported primary architecture.
[x]: Package installs properly.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all rpms the build produces.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: Package requires other packages for directories it uses.
[x]: Package does not own files or directories owned by other packages.
[x]: Package uses either %{buildroot} or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT
[x]: Package does not run rm -rf %{buildroot} (or $RPM_BUILD_ROOT) at the
     beginning of %install.
[x]: Macros in Summary, %description expandable at SRPM build time.
[x]: Dist tag is present.
[x]: Package does not contain duplicates in %files.
[x]: Permissions on files are set properly.
[x]: Package use %makeinstall only when make install DESTDIR=... doesn't
     work.
[x]: Package is named using only allowed ASCII characters.
[x]: Package does not use a name that already exists.
[x]: Package is not relocatable.
[x]: Sources used to build the package match the upstream source, as
     provided in the spec URL.
[x]: Spec file name must match the spec package %{name}, in the format
     %{name}.spec.
[x]: File names are valid UTF-8.
[x]: Packages must not store files under /srv, /opt or /usr/local

===== SHOULD items =====

Generic:
[!]: Uses parallel make %{?_smp_mflags} macro.
[-]: If the source package does not include license text(s) as a separate
     file from upstream, the packager SHOULD query upstream to include it.
[x]: Final provides and requires are sane (see attachments).
[?]: Package functions as described.
[x]: Latest version is packaged.
[x]: Package does not include license text files separate from upstream.
[-]: Sources are verified with gpgverify first in %prep if upstream
     publishes signatures.
     Note: gpgverify is not used.
[-]: Description and summary sections in the package spec file contains
     translations for supported Non-English languages, if available.
[x]: Package should compile and build into binary rpms on all supported
     architectures.
[-]: %check is present and all tests pass.
[x]: Packages should try to preserve timestamps of original installed
     files.
[x]: Reviewer should test that the package builds in mock.
[x]: Buildroot is not present
[x]: Package has no %clean section with rm -rf %{buildroot} (or
     $RPM_BUILD_ROOT)
[x]: No file requires outside of /etc, /bin, /sbin, /usr/bin, /usr/sbin.
[x]: Fully versioned dependency in subpackages if applicable.
[x]: Packager, Vendor, PreReq, Copyright tags should not be in spec file
[x]: Sources can be downloaded from URI in Source: tag
[x]: SourceX is a working URL.
[x]: Spec use %global instead of %define unless justified.

===== EXTRA items =====

Generic:
[x]: Rpmlint is run on debuginfo package(s).
     Note: No rpmlint messages.
[x]: Rpmlint is run on all installed packages.
     Note: There are rpmlint messages (see attachment).
[x]: Large data in /usr/share should live in a noarch subpackage if package
     is arched.
[x]: Spec file according to URL is the same as in SRPM.


Rpmlint
-------
Checking: octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc32.x86_64.rpm
          octave-zmat-debuginfo-0.9-1.fc32.x86_64.rpm
          octave-zmat-debugsource-0.9-1.fc32.x86_64.rpm
          octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc32.src.rpm
octave-zmat.x86_64: E: explicit-lib-dependency zlib
octave-zmat.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US mex -> Mex, me, ex
octave-zmat.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US gzip -> zip, grip, g zip
octave-zmat.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US lzma -> lama
octave-zmat.x86_64: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US lzip -> lip, zip, l zip
octave-zmat.x86_64: E: arch-dependent-file-in-usr-share /usr/share/octave/packages/zmat-0.9/zipmat.mex
octave-zmat.x86_64: W: dangerous-command-in-%preun mv
octave-zmat.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US mex -> Mex, me, ex
octave-zmat.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US gzip -> zip, grip, g zip
octave-zmat.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US lzma -> lama
octave-zmat.src: W: spelling-error %description -l en_US lzip -> lip, zip, l zip
4 packages and 0 specfiles checked; 2 errors, 9 warnings.

Comment 5 Qianqian Fang 2019-10-07 19:51:30 UTC
thanks, the above mentioned issues are now fixed

https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/commit/88ad13ec84685cd1369285ad13e7832bace75b14

Comment 6 Robert-André Mauchin 🐧 2019-10-07 21:30:11 UTC
(In reply to Qianqian Fang from comment #5)
> thanks, the above mentioned issues are now fixed
> 
> https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/commit/
> 88ad13ec84685cd1369285ad13e7832bace75b14

You forgot %cmake

Comment 7 Qianqian Fang 2019-10-07 22:23:53 UTC
I must have missed it, now added

https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/commit/35c1397042882eccdbd69ed0ddd84c9b3b8d3e0c

Comment 8 Robert-André Mauchin 🐧 2019-10-07 22:37:57 UTC
LGTM, Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD) assigned himself though, so I will let him finish.

Comment 9 Ankur Sinha (FranciscoD) 2019-10-07 23:54:31 UTC
Still `cmake` instead of `%cmake` here: https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/blob/88ad13ec84685cd1369285ad13e7832bace75b14/octave-zmat.spec#L64

Please fix that before you import and build. Thanks very much, Robert---you're doing more of our reviews than we are :)

XXX APPROVED XXX

Comment 10 Qianqian Fang 2019-10-08 00:03:25 UTC
thanks Ankur. 

sorry for the confusion, I moved the spec file to the zmat branch (original url was on the master). The final URL is

https://github.com/fangq/fedorapkg/blob/zmat/octave-zmat.spec

I don't think I can change the bug report, but I will leave this URL here.

Comment 11 Gwyn Ciesla 2019-10-08 14:26:36 UTC
(fedscm-admin):  The Pagure repository was created at https://src.fedoraproject.org/rpms/octave-zmat

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2019-10-08 14:53:53 UTC
FEDORA-2019-1d23beb3d7 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 29. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-1d23beb3d7

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2019-10-08 14:54:21 UTC
FEDORA-2019-6602723b8b has been submitted as an update to Fedora 30. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-6602723b8b

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2019-10-08 14:54:43 UTC
FEDORA-2019-92ffc4f574 has been submitted as an update to Fedora 31. https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-92ffc4f574

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2019-10-09 03:25:24 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-92ffc4f574

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2019-10-09 17:39:50 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-6602723b8b

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2019-10-09 18:58:04 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 testing repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
See https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for
instructions on how to install test updates.
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-1d23beb3d7

Comment 18 Fedora Update System 2019-10-17 23:23:34 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 19 Fedora Update System 2019-10-18 00:48:18 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc29 has been pushed to the Fedora 29 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 20 Fedora Update System 2019-10-18 16:53:16 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc30 has been pushed to the Fedora 30 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 21 Fedora Update System 2019-10-26 17:23:46 UTC
octave-zmat-0.9-1.fc31 has been pushed to the Fedora 31 stable repository. If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.