Bug 2310720 - Review Request: juliaup - Julia installer and version multiplexer
Summary: Review Request: juliaup - Julia installer and version multiplexer
Keywords:
Status: CLOSED NOTABUG
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: Package Review
Version: rawhide
Hardware: Unspecified
OS: Unspecified
unspecified
unspecified
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Nobody's working on this, feel free to take it
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
URL: https://github.com/julialang/juliaup
Whiteboard:
Depends On:
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2024-09-08 15:34 UTC by Fabio Valentini
Modified: 2025-09-25 10:50 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2025-09-25 10:50:32 UTC
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Attachments (Terms of Use)
The .spec file difference from Copr build 7997618 to 8034125 (329 bytes, patch)
2024-09-19 10:48 UTC, Fedora Review Service
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Description Fabio Valentini 2024-09-08 15:34:14 UTC
Spec URL: https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/juliaup.spec
SRPM URL: https://decathorpe.fedorapeople.org/juliaup-1.17.4-1.fc40.src.rpm

Description:
Julia installer and version multiplexer.

Fedora Account System Username: decathorpe

Comment 1 Fabio Valentini 2024-09-08 15:34:48 UTC
koji scratch build for rawhide:
https://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/taskinfo?taskID=123105692

Comment 2 Fedora Review Service 2024-09-08 15:35:59 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/7997618
(failed)

Build log:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2310720-juliaup/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/07997618-juliaup/builder-live.log.gz

Please make sure the package builds successfully at least for Fedora Rawhide.

- If the build failed for unrelated reasons (e.g. temporary network
  unavailability), please ignore it.
- If the build failed because of missing BuildRequires, please make sure they
  are listed in the "Depends On" field


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Comment 3 Ben Beasley 2024-09-18 15:50:46 UTC
The binary /usr/bin/julia conflicts with the julia package. Per [1], *something* needs to be done about this – it can’t just be an implicit conflict.

I don’t think I understand this well enough to make a recommendation. I see that upstream recommends uninstalling all other Julias before using juliaup[2], and strongly recommends installing via "curl | bash" rather than using package managers[3] due to unspecified “drawbacks (that we hope to lift in the future).” I’m not sure what to think about all that.

[1] https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/Conflicts/#_binary_name_conflicts
[2] https://github.com/julialang/juliaup?tab=readme-ov-file#installation
[3] https://github.com/julialang/juliaup?tab=readme-ov-file#software-repositories

Comment 4 Fabio Valentini 2024-09-18 16:04:27 UTC
You are correct, making the Conflicts explicit is probably a good idea.

There's been a few threads about packaged julia in the past.

This bug has some context for why packaging it (without bundling the world) is basically impossible:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2274270

There was also a discussion on the "devel" list:
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/devel@lists.fedoraproject.org/thread/J423CXSMKN525MFGQHHNTNPTSJOKOI4E/

Comment 5 Fabio Valentini 2024-09-19 10:33:14 UTC
I've added explicit "Conflicts: julia".

[fedora-review-service-build]

Comment 6 Fedora Review Service 2024-09-19 10:48:51 UTC
Created attachment 2047557 [details]
The .spec file difference from Copr build 7997618 to 8034125

Comment 7 Fedora Review Service 2024-09-19 10:48:54 UTC
Copr build:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/build/8034125
(succeeded)

Review template:
https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/@fedora-review/fedora-review-2310720-juliaup/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/08034125-juliaup/fedora-review/review.txt

Found issues:

- No gcc, gcc-c++ or clang found in BuildRequires
  Read more: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/packaging-guidelines/C_and_C++/

Please know that there can be false-positives.

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Comment 8 Package Review 2025-09-20 00:45:22 UTC
This is an automatic check from review-stats script.

This review request ticket hasn't been updated for some time. We're sorry
it is taking so long. If you're still interested in packaging this software
into Fedora repositories, please respond to this comment clearing the
NEEDINFO flag.

You may want to update the specfile and the src.rpm to the latest version
available and to propose a review swap on Fedora devel mailing list to increase
chances to have your package reviewed. If this is your first package and you
need a sponsor, you may want to post some informal reviews. Read more at
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_get_sponsored_into_the_packager_group.

Without any reply, this request will shortly be considered abandoned
and will be closed.
Thank you for your patience.

Comment 9 Fabio Valentini 2025-09-21 10:52:28 UTC
I'll ask around if anybody is still interested in getting this packaged ...

Comment 10 Fabio Valentini 2025-09-25 10:50:32 UTC
I'm going to abandon this for now.


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