Packaging Request #1109
[phoronix-test-suite] add it back to community, deblobbed.
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Description
Phoronix-test-suite is in arch:
https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/any/phoronix-test-suite/
It was removed from parabola 4 years ago:
https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/66
But now Trisquel does have it:
http://packages.trisquel.info/belenos/phoronix-test-suite
So maybe trisquel patches (if any) could be adapted.
Denis.
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Updated by isacdaavid over 6 years ago
- Subject changed from [phoronix test suite] add it back to community, deblobbed. to [phoronix-test-suite] add it back to community, deblobbed.
we need to look more closely into the package before making any change, because Trisquel (Debian to be precise) doesn't seem to be adding any particularly relevant patches. sadly, bug #66 didn't specify what nonfree software was being recommended or where to look for it, and the attached log file that could have included useful info is gone.
Updated by isacdaavid over 6 years ago
- Related to Freedom Issue #66: phoronix-test-suite recommends nonfree software added
Updated by GNUtoo about 6 years ago
I've started to look into it, some of the tests it seems to depend on proprietary software.
Here in the list we can see that it proposes many non-free games benchmarks.
$ ./phoronix-test-suite list-available-tests Phoronix Test Suite v7.4.0m3 Available Tests [...] pts/civbe - Civilization: Beyond Earth Graphics pts/civilization-vi - Civilization VI Graphics [...] pts/coh2 - Company of Heroes 2 Graphics [...] pts/cstrike - Counter-Strike Source Graphics pts/cuda-mini-nbody - CUDA Mini-Nbody Graphics [...] pts/deus-exmd - Deus Ex: Mankind Divided Graphics pts/dirt-rally - DiRT Rally Graphics pts/dirt-showdown - DiRT Showdown Graphics pts/doom3 - Doom 3 Graphics pts/dota2 - Dota 2 Graphics pts/dow3 - Dawn of War III Graphics [...] pts/hitman - HITMAN Graphics pts/hl2lostcoast - Half-Life 2 - Lost Coast Graphics [...] pts/madmax - Mad Max Graphics [...] pts/metro2033-redux - Metro 2033 Redux Graphics pts/metroll-redux - Metro: Last Light Redux Graphics [...]
Such tests could simply be removed.
However I wonder how to handle the case of the Linux kernel:
pts/build-linux-kernel - Timed Linux Kernel Compilation Processor
If there is any non-free firmware, could they count as non-functional data as they are never used and probably not even used within the compilation?
I should probably also check how it is done in Trisquel, because if it promotes non-free games there, Trisquel has an issue too.
Background on why I deeply care about this package:
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Nowadays it is possible to run 100% free software on some computer such as:
- Libreboot compatible computers
- Some hardware supported by Parabola for ARM and probably guix too
Many computers also come pretty close to be able to do that.
Now the performances of such computers varies a lot, and it would be very useful for people to be able to understand if this is affect their use case of computers or not, and which one they should pick.
Denis.
Updated by GNUtoo over 3 years ago
- Status changed from open to fixed
There is now a phoronix-test-suite in the repositories.
It contains few tests though and the patch is a bit hackish due to the fact that I'm not used to php.