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 rocblas (5.5.1+dfsg-7~exp1) experimental; urgency=medium
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   * Add rocblas-bench package.
   * Add d/p/0025-spelling.patch to fix spelling error in rocblas-bench.
   * d/rules: fix path to rocblas-test in build tests
   * d/rules: reduce build tests to subset of autopkgtests

QA information

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  Package uses debhelper-compat
  Debhelper compatibility level 13
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  Newer upstream version available

  Local:	5.5.1+dfsg
  Upstream:	6.1.2
  Url:	https://github.com/ROCm/rocBLAS/archive/refs/tags/rocm-6.1.2.tar.gz

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  Package is not native

  Format:

  3.0 (quilt)

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  The uploader is in the package's "Uploaders" field
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  lintian failed to run:
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  Package is already in Debian
  • The package uploader is currently maintaining rocblas in Debian
  • Last upload was on the 2024-07-04
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  Upstream-Contact missing from d/copyright

  Upstream Contact:	None
  Licenses:	Expat or NCSA, Expat and BSD-3-Clause-Open-MPI, Expat, Expat and BSD-3-clause

Comments

1. Hi,
   
   You have not indicated that you wish a review and sponsorship by toggling "Needs a sponsor" on this page and creating and RFS bug[1].
   
   If you have your own sponsor, you need do nothing. If not please do the above and your package will be looked at in a more timely manner.
   
   [1] https://mentors.debian.net/sponsors/rfs-howto/
   
   Regards
   
   Phil

   Phil Wyett at July 31, 2024, 5:50 p.m.

2. Hi,
   
   What would the reaons be that this package is not being updated to the latest upstream[, which is indicated at [1]?
   
   [1] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/rocblas
   
   Regards
   
   Phil

   Phil Wyett at Aug. 18, 2024, 4:49 p.m.

3. Hi Phil,
   
   This is the last version of rocblas that will include librocblas0. Any future version will introduce breakages in rdepends (like rocsolver) due to API/ABI changes.
   
   I want to enable the rocblas benchmark client to help in maintaining the Ubuntu 24.04 version of this package. This rocblas release has very performance on MI200 due to some of the Debian patches, which we may try to address in a stable release update. I was hoping for one final compatible package update before we move the whole compute stack to ROCm 6.1/6.2 [1].
   
   I submitted this package for review to the Debian ROCm Team, and I will be updating it based on their feedback before requesting an upload.
   
   Sincerely,
   Cory Bloor
   
   [1]: https://salsa.debian.org/rocm-team/community/team-project/-/wikis/rocm-6.1-release-plan

   Needs work Cordell Bloor at Aug. 21, 2024, 7 p.m.

4. s/very performance/poor performance/
   
   (The rocblas patch causing the poor performance on MI200 was required due to the exclusion of some kernels for DFSG reasons. I deleted entire files worth of hardware-specialized kernels to get the library working after the exclusion, but a much more fined-grained patch could be created with the right tooling. The kernels are referenced by index, so the whole solution file needs to be reindexed when you remove one kernel...)

   Needs work Cordell Bloor at Aug. 21, 2024, 7:24 p.m.

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