Bug 864162

Created attachment 623652 [details]
Proposed spec file

Created attachment 623653 [details]
Static makefile

Created attachment 623654 [details]
Shared makefile

Is there a plan to implement the new spec file? I'm willing to do the extra work.

Erik, Laurence, if you're a Fedora packager already, please apply for co-maintainership of this package in pkgdb: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/pkgdb/acls/name/scotch

I'm also interested in getting this bug fixed because a package I maintain (freefem++) grew a dependency on scotch recently.

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Sorry, I don't have time to become a maintainer.  I only use Fedora at work (I actually prefer Gentoo ;-), but the problem is still there.  I've bumped the version to 19.

I'm not a packager unfortunately. I am willing to do it but I need a sponsor. I am interested in packaging the fish shell:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=974852

In any case I can test the new scotch .spec file for you. I can look at it at the weekend.

Created attachment 768768 [details]
New spec file

I've updated the scotch version in my spec file.  I've only tested building the rpms with this one, but it was only a small bump in the version number.

I have a question:

Should scotch actually be split into two separate packages, scotch and ptscotch? ptscotch would have a dependency on scotch. It would look like:

scotch
scotch-devel
scotch-static

ptscotch-common (contains man pages and docs)
ptscotch-openmpi
ptscotch-openmpi-devel
ptscotch-openmpi-static
ptscotch-mpich2
ptscotch-mpich2-devel
ptscotch-mpich2-static

And also a ptscotch-devel package containing the header files.

(In reply to Erik Zeek from comment #9)
> Created attachment 768768 [details]
> New spec file
> 
> I've updated the scotch version in my spec file.  I've only tested building
> the rpms with this one, but it was only a small bump in the version number.

I am sincerely sorry for neglecting this bug, I will rather not bother you with excuses on why I have not been able to respond to bug for so long.
I very much appreciates Erik Zeek work on the spec (and Laurence contributions also), thank you. I have finally committed the new spec with few changes (Comment #10).

Erik,
Do you have any particular reasons for creating the *-static sub-packages? I am inclined to dropping them.

I am considering making further changes in packaging the static libraries only within the main scotch package and making the ptscotch sub-packages dependent on it.

(In reply to Deji Akingunola from comment #12)
> (In reply to Erik Zeek from comment #9)
> > Created attachment 768768 [details]
> > New spec file
> > 
> > I've updated the scotch version in my spec file.  I've only tested building
> > the rpms with this one, but it was only a small bump in the version number.
> 
> I am sincerely sorry for neglecting this bug, I will rather not bother you
> with excuses on why I have not been able to respond to bug for so long.
> I very much appreciates Erik Zeek work on the spec (and Laurence
> contributions also), thank you. I have finally committed the new spec with
> few changes (Comment #10).

No need to apologize.

> Erik,
> Do you have any particular reasons for creating the *-static sub-packages? I
> am inclined to dropping them.

I had no reason for them.  The package I based the changes on (I forget which) had it.  I don't need the static libraries.

> I am considering making further changes in packaging the static libraries
> only within the main scotch package and making the ptscotch sub-packages
> dependent on it.

I have no objections to any changes you want to make.  I just preferred openmpi and it wasn't supported.

Erik

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This package has changed ownership in the Fedora Package Database.  Reassigning to the new owner of this component.

Closing since this was fixed some time ago.