X-Original-To: alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org Received: from mail-40130.protonmail.ch (mail-40130.protonmail.ch [185.70.40.130]) by lists.alpinelinux.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8A9DA5C5647 for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2018 14:46:05 +0000 (GMT) Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 14:45:56 +0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=protonmail.com; s=default; t=1536417964; bh=Ska2SWDZ3TIN+8nb2qLD6LAXmBKwXF1aW9Z8h3Vss8A=; h=Date:To:From:Reply-To:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Feedback-ID: From; b=wg8aLLvS7JjKssq1mWdhK4TBl5N1GH63lYYzak6YY0swfChMMyQs9CwF7PRDJRuVr +b4zxazSiSaAT9SGZLF4LywXzwZUSIkWBnk8CsEwWaVxcKvLo5fUVK8V7vWIKkZ2V7 LzxlSqIVK8TGgMiEKjlcNhSo00or5N2ZABtFBwnY= To: "alpine-devel@lists.alpinelinux.org" From: ecsx Reply-To: ecsx Subject: Re: [alpine-devel] Julia missing from alpine v3.8 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <1536412790.2815508.1501150232.241916D8@webmail.messagingengine.com> References: <1535967427.2894146.1494851992.1C38456F@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1536098423.3081610.1496826688.060747A7@webmail.messagingengine.com> <1536412790.2815508.1501150232.241916D8@webmail.messagingengine.com> Feedback-ID: rfqEyWCqWp1raYnSrQM7wRmLaD8V0x-8nfFhjPo0Xf4EctzPnMsu1XXI2RUPT3HPiFWcIJFwPnnZyvTgi9-DmQ==:Ext:ProtonMail X-Mailinglist: alpine-devel Precedence: list List-Id: Alpine Development List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.1 required=7.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,FREEMAIL_FROM autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on mail.protonmail.ch It's unfortunate but I don't know much about build systems either. I couldn= 't help anyway. All I wanted was to use Julia like I did on Alpine v3.7. I'm even considering going back from Alpine v3.8 to v3.7 because I need Jul= ia for an university course. But thanks for the help! =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Original Me= ssage =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 On Saturday, 8 September 2018 10:19, Jean-Louis Fuchs = wrote: > Hi ecsx > > You're absolutely right, these things should be upstreamed and that is al= so what keeps me from doing it. I don't know anything about julia. It is to= o scary for me: > > - Their build-system is completely hand-written, so as a maintainer you= have to find out everything you know about standard build-systems again > - Then almost every patch for 0.6.2 fails with 1.0.0 and most not becau= se the issues are fixed > - Too many tests fail > > Complicated packages are quite common, julia isn't alone. But it requ= ires a lot of dedication to get it working and then get fixes upstreamed. > > You are very welcome to give it a try. I would help you to get starte= d with alpine development. We can talk on IRC. > > Best, > Jean-Louis > > On Sat, 8 Sep 2018, at 12:38, ecsx wrote: > > > > Hi Jean. > > What's non-standard about it? > > Could we propose a patch or at least report upstream? > > Thank you. > > All the best. > > =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90 Origina= l Message =E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80=90=E2=80= =90 > > On Tuesday, 4 September 2018 19:00, Jean-Louis Fuchs ganwell@fangorn.ch= wrote: > > > > > Hi ecsx > > > > > > > It has a lot patches and seems rather fragile. I check if 1.0 less > > > > fragile, but no promises. > > > > > > It seems they added even more non-standard procedures to their build-= system. One can waste a lot of time on this apk. Since I don't use julia, I= 'm out. > > > Best, > > > Jean-Louis > > --- Unsubscribe: alpine-devel+unsubscribe@lists.alpinelinux.org Help: alpine-devel+help@lists.alpinelinux.org ---