Bug#509953: ITP: lp-solve-java -- library providing Java bindings for lp-solve, via JNI

[David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca>


X-Debugs-CC: esteban@v7w.com, rene@debian.org,  anibal@debian.org

* Package name    : lp-solve-java
  Version         : 5.5.0.13
  Upstream Author : Juergen Ebert <juergen.ebert@web.de>
* URL             : http://lpsolve.sourceforge.net
* License         : LGPL
  Programming Lang: C++, Java
  Description     : library providing Java bindings for lp_solve, via JNI

<p>lp_solve is a  linear(integer) programming solver based on the revised simplex method and the Branch-and-bound method
for the integers. 

This library is designed to provide easy access to the lp_solve API
from Java. It consists of two main parts:

- A Java class library that is used by Java client programs. It gives access to all
  lp_solve routines through the <code>LpSolve</code> class.</li>

- A native library written in C++, also called 'stub' library, that uses the JNI
  (Java Native Interface) API to translate Java method calls into calls to the
  corresponding routines of the lp_solve library.


Comments: 

- I would be quite happy if someone (lp_solve maintainers?) wanted to take this over, or co-maintain
- Alternatively, I would probably join pkg-java
- Preliminary packaging (that has many policy problems, but does apparently) can be found at
  
  http://pivot.cs.unb.ca/git/?p=lp-solve-java.git;a=summary

  or clone from

  git://pivot.cs.unb.ca/git/lp-solve-java.git

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 5.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (900, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)