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Bug#909701: RFS: wxmaxima/18.10.1-1



Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: normal

Dear mentors,

 I am looking for a sponsor for my package "wxmaxima"

* Package name    : wxmaxima
  Version         : 18.10.1-1
  Upstream Author : Gunter Königsmann
* URL             : http://wxmaxima-developers.github.io/wxmaxima/
* License         : GPL
  Section         : math

It builds those binary packages:

  wxmaxima   - GUI for the computer algebra system Maxima

To access further information about this package, please visit the following URL:

https://mentors.debian.net/package/wxmaxima

Alternatively, one can download the package with dget using this command:

  dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/w/wxmaxima/wxmaxima_18.10.1-1.dsc

wxMaxima is a full-featured (and quite fast) graphical user interface for maxima, a program 
that is specialized in symbolics math but that can do dloating-point calculations (either 
with native floats or arbitrary-length floating-point numbers) or with arbitrary-length
rational numbers. A sample session would be:

(%i2)	eq:x^3+5*x+7=4;
(eq)	x^3+5*x+7=4
(%i3)	solve(eq,x);
(%o3)	[x=(sqrt(743)/(2*3^(3/2))-3/2)^(1/3)*((-1)/2-(sqrt(3)*%i)/2)-(5*((sqrt(3)*%i)/2+(-1)/2))/(3*(sqrt(743)/(2*3^(3/2))-3/2)^(1/3)),x=(sqrt(743)/(2*3^(3/2))-3/2)^(1/3)*((sqrt(3)*%i)/2+(-1)/2)-(5*((-1)/2-(sqrt(3)*%i)/2))/(3*(sqrt(743)/(2*3^(3/2))-3/2)^(1/3)),x=(sqrt(743)/(2*3^(3/2))-3/2)^(1/3)-5/(3*(sqrt(743)/(2*3^(3/2))-3/2)^(1/3))]
(%i4)	float(%);
(%o4)	[x=1.039395854606503*(-0.8660254037844386*%i-0.5)-1.603495587634067*(0.8660254037844386*%i-0.5),x=1.039395854606503*
(0.8660254037844386*%i-0.5)-1.603495587634067*(-0.8660254037844386*%i-0.5),x=-0.5640997330275641]


Changes since the last upload:

  * A new upstream version that comes with many bugfixes, features and
    performance improvements.
  * Updated the Homepage and the main upstream contact of the program.
  * Dropped all the patches as they are incorporated in the new upstream
    release.

The upstream changes are:

  * Defer any try to change Maxima's configuration until all questions are answered.
  * A menu item that sets the autosubscript feature for the current worksheet.
  * A menu allowing to switch floats to engineering format.
  * Maxima can now pass the values of variables to wxMaxima.
  * Autocompletion for functions from lisp-only packages and for all of maxima's.
    built in functions.
  * A context-sensitive "draw" sidepane.
  * We now allow a packet from Maxima to end in the middle of an unicode codepoint.
  * If the name of a lisp function is known it now is displayed.
  * A right-click menu that copies an animation to the clipboard.
  * A new default value for the current MathJaX release.
  * A "recent packages" menu for packages loaded from load() or from the menu.
  * Advertise the current file and the file's state to the Operating System
  * Copy as Enhanced Metafile (Windows only).
  * Code simplifications.
  * A dockable panel for the debug messages.
  * A more modern theme.
  * Draw: A right-click menu allowing to open images from the current session as
    interactive gnuplot sessions.
  * Migrate the config file to a XDG-compatible location if wxWidgets is new enough
    to support it.
  * A "Tip of the day" dialogue that allows for resizing, scrollbars and work while
    it is still open.
  * Matrices can now be displayed using round and square brackets.
  * Various High-DPI enhancements.
  * Enhancements for low-resolution screens.
  * Many bug fixes.
  * Reduced the number of autogenerated files, installed files and external
    dependencies to a minimum.
  * Big performance improvements, again.

Kind Regards,
   Gunter Königsmann

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