300794 – sci-libs/hdf5 slot 1.6 vs. 1.8?

Bug 300794 - sci-libs/hdf5 slot 1.6 vs. 1.8?

Summary: sci-libs/hdf5 slot 1.6 vs. 1.8?

Status:	RESOLVED WONTFIX

Alias:	None

Product:	Gentoo Linux
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	New packages (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	High enhancement (vote)
Assignee:	Gentoo Science Related Packages

URL:	http://www.hdfgroup.org/HDF5/release/
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Reported:	2010-01-13 00:02 UTC by Nico Schlömer
Modified:	2010-01-13 01:07 UTC (History)
CC List:	0 users

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Description Nico Schlömer 2010-01-13 00:02:15 UTC

Hi,

in HDF5, there are two main development lines, 1.6 (legacy) and 1.8 (stable).
They have a different API, so a couple of large software projects still use the old 1.6 API.
That still works alright on Gentoo as 1.8 is not stable yet, but I'm afraid it will cause some disruption when the stabilization gets through (bug #299710).

This looks like a typical candidate for slotting to me.

Cheers,
Nico

PS. Oh, and 1.6.10 is released for some time, please bump.

Reproducible: Always

Comment 1 Sébastien Fabbro (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2010-01-13 00:47:38 UTC

hdf5 won't be slotted as discussed in various bugs before (ex: bug # 289025).
hdf5-1.6.x in portage tree is buggy and no one has the time to take care of it when we spend enough time on 1.8.x.

1.6.x should not be considered as stable.

Comment 2 Nico Schlömer 2010-01-13 01:07:24 UTC

(In reply to comment #1)
> [...] when we spend enough time on 1.8.x.
.. which would be a sensible thing to do. 

> 1.6.x should not be considered as stable.
Should it be marked stable, then, at all? When I look at the tree now, it seems like 1.6.4 is "stable", while all of 1.8 is "testing". ?:)

Well, I trust you guys will fix this swift.

Cheers,
Nico