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libdfp package

[19.10 FEAT] Upgrade libdfp 1.0.14

Bug #1836532 reported by bugproxy
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Ubuntu on IBM z Systems
Fix Released
High
Canonical Foundations Team
libdfp (Ubuntu)
Fix Released
Undecided
Skipper Bug Screeners

Bug Description

Update to libdfp 1.0.14.

The current version of libdfp is now hosted at a _new_ location
https://github.com/libdfp/libdfp/releases

bugproxy (bugproxy)
tags: added: architecture-s39064 bugnameltc-179204 severity-high targetmilestone-inin1910
Changed in ubuntu:
assignee: nobody → Skipper Bug Screeners (skipper-screen-team)
affects: ubuntu → libdfp (Ubuntu)
Revision history for this message
Frank Heimes (fheimes) wrote :

Ubuntu currently ships:
 libdfp | 1.0.12-0ubuntu1 | xenial/universe | source
 libdfp | 1.0.13-1 | bionic/universe | source
 libdfp | 1.0.13-1 | cosmic/universe | source
 libdfp | 1.0.13-1 | disco/universe | source
 libdfp | 1.0.13-1 | eoan/universe | source
 libdfp | 1.0.13-2ubuntu1 | eoan-proposed/universe | source

tags: added: universe
Changed in ubuntu-z-systems:
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → High
assignee: nobody → Canonical Foundations Team (canonical-foundations)
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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote : Comment bridged from LTC Bugzilla

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2019-07-16 12:05 EDT-------
Frederic has been working on the update for Debian, which could help Canonical to also get this feature.

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

just an unrelated question: is it possible to build the Python decimal module using this library as a backend?

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bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote :

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2019-07-18 03:31 EDT-------
(In reply to comment #8)
> just an unrelated question: is it possible to build the Python decimal
> module using this library as a backend?

Good question. I don't think that libdfp is used in that context so far but it probably should. We will have a look. Are you aware of any important users of the Python decimal interface?

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Matthias Klose (doko) wrote :

according to
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=from+decimal+import

it's about 300 packages.

and
https://codesearch.debian.net/search?q=import+decimal

about 160 packages.

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Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox) wrote :

Blocked on https://github.com/libdfp/libdfp/issues/84

Testcase also fails on Ubuntu Eoan with gcc-9 -O3

Changed in libdfp (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
information type: Private → Public
Changed in ubuntu-z-systems:
status: Triaged → Incomplete
Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
Changed in libdfp (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → In Progress
Dimitri John Ledkov (xnox)
Changed in ubuntu-z-systems:
status: Incomplete → Fix Released
status: Fix Released → Fix Committed
Changed in libdfp (Ubuntu):
status: In Progress → Fix Committed
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Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

This bug was fixed in the package libdfp - 1.0.14-0ubuntu2

---------------
libdfp (1.0.14-0ubuntu2) eoan; urgency=medium

  * New upstream release LP: #1836532
  * Drop patches applied upstream, keep py3 patch
  * Cherrypick PR#85 to ignore known (harmless) testsuite failures

 -- Dimitri John Ledkov <email address hidden> Thu, 08 Aug 2019 13:08:13 +0100

Changed in libdfp (Ubuntu):
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Frank Heimes (fheimes)
Changed in ubuntu-z-systems:
status: Fix Committed → Fix Released
Revision history for this message
bugproxy (bugproxy) wrote :

------- Comment From <email address hidden> 2019-08-13 03:48 EDT-------
IBM Bugzilla status -> closed, Fix Released with Eoan

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