Re: Bug#1117715: ITP: gcem -- C++ math library using generalized constant expressions

[Jerome BENOIT <sphericaltriangle@rezozer.net>]

Hi,

On 10/10/2025 08:22, Fabian Greffrath wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@debian.org>
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, fluidsynth@packages.debian.org
>
> * Package name    : gcem
>    Version         : 1.18.0
>    Upstream Contact: Keith O'Hara <https://github.com/kthohr>
> * URL             : https://github.com/kthohr/gcem
> * License         : Apache-2.0
>    Programming Lang: C++11
>    Description     : C++ math library using generalized constant expressions
>
>   GCE-Math (Generalized Constant Expression Math) is a templated C++ library
>   enabling compile-time computation of mathematical functions.
>   .
>   Features:
>   .
>    * The library is written in C++11 constexpr format, and is C++11/14/17/20
>      compatible.
>    * Continued fraction expansions and series expansions are implemented using
>      recursive templates.
>    * The gcem:: syntax is identical to that of the C++ standard library (std::).
>    * Tested and accurate to floating-point precision against the C++ standard
>      library.
>
> This library is a hard dependency of fluidsynth >= 2.5.0. Thus, it
> will be maintained by the Debian Multimedia Maintainers.

Would not the Debian Math Maintainers team a better place for such a package ?

Cheers,
Jerome

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