packaging PARI?
David> I'm interested in having a Debianized version of PARI, the
David> number-theory library and calculator. Though I'm not currently a
David> Debian developer, I'm willing to have a go at maintaining a PARI
David> package.
Excellent!
David> But I first want to ascertain its current status.
Sounds prudent.
David> It was included in bo, but has apparently been orphaned. However,
David> it isn't mentioned on the WNPP page (I wrote to the WNPP maintainer
David> about this, but got no response).
David>
David> In the debian-devel archives, I only found it mentioned in passing,
David> along with a long list of other discontinued packages, with some
David> vague statement about lack of copywrite file, or lack of maintainer.
Hm, could you check the tarball and see what the copyright says? Could you
also check with the last maintainer (if still reachable)?
David> Is there some reason why it was dropped, other than just lack of a
David> maintainer? Or, on the other hand, is someone already working on a
David> PARI package?
Not that I know of.
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