Re: numerix maintenance
On Wed, Dec 7, 2005 at 11:08:56 +0000, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 07, 2005 at 07:59:59AM +0100, Florian Weimer wrote:
> > What shall we do about numerix? There are two FTBFS bugs, one of them
> > with a patch (thanks to Michel), and a HPPA-specific failure that
> > might be fixed by a simple rebuild.
> >
> > I would prepare an NMU if someone told me what to do to port the
> > package to Ocaml 3.09. Is there some reference package whose
> > debian/{rules,control} files I should copy?
>
> I usually suggests camlzip for this prurpose. Now about NMU, i don't know
> about the exact status of numerix, but i believe the best way is to make it
> debian-ocaml-maint team maintained, and add yourself to uploaders, instead of
> doing an NMU.
>
I'm currently working on updating the package in svn.
I think it's basically ready, so if someone more familiar with numerix
than I am could test it and upload if appropriate, this could fix bugs
#338233 and #335881. I've got no idea about #332902.
Cheers,
Julien
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