Bug#1020341: RFS: fast-float/3.5.1-1 [ITP] -- Implementation of the C from_chars functions for float and double types

[Daichi Fukui <when.a.cat.sits.beside.you@gmail.com>]

Package: sponsorship-requests
Severity: wishlist

Dear mentors,

I am looking for a sponsor for my package "fast-float":

 * Package name     : fast-float
   Version          : 3.5.1-1
   Upstream contact : Daniel Lemire <lemire@gmail.com>
 * URL              : https://github.com/fastfloat/fast_float
 * License          : Expat or Apache
 * Vcs              : [TBD]
   Section          : devel

Rationale for this ITP:

c4core depends on fast-float [0].
rapidyaml [1] depends on c4core.
Moreover, jsonnet [2] depends on rapidyaml.

[0] https://github.com/biojppm/c4core/blob/v0.1.9/.gitmodules
[1] https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1003397
[2] https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/jsonnet

See #1019961 for details:

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1019961

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The source builds the following binary packages:

  fast-float - Implementation of the C++ from_chars functions for float and double types

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

  https://mentors.debian.net/package/fast-float/

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

  dget -x https://mentors.debian.net/debian/pool/main/f/fast-float/fast-float_3.5.1-1.dsc

Changes for the initial release:

 fast-float (3.5.1-1) unstable; urgency=low
 .
   * Initial release. Closes: #1019961

Regards,