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Re: Bug#696836: RFP: libmath-pari-perl -- Perl bindings for PARI



On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 09:02:07PM -0500, Daniel Kahn Gillmor wrote:
> On 12/27/2012 08:41 PM, gregor herrmann wrote:
> > The last ITP for this package (#440527) was also closed after some
> > time because it's somewhere between untrivial and impossible ...
> > 
> > After a quick glance at the old bug report it would need something
> > like libpari-source ...
> > 
> > AFAICS there was no reply from the libpari maintainer, and upstream
> > in https://rt.cpan.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=30552 also didn't
> > follow up on Gunnar's request.
> > 
> > INSTALL mentions some ways about using a pre-built libpari but this
> > doesn't sound very encouraging ... (And the hint with LIBPARI= also
> > doesn't seem to work for me.)

It didn't work for me, either.  I was hoping someone had already figured
out how to do this and it would only have to be done once.

> Fortunately for my own Crypt::OpenPGP goals, recent work on Math::Prime
> and Crypt::RSA might relieve us of some Math::PARI dependencies, which
> could clear the way forward for Crypt::OpenPGP (finally!) by jessie.

Can you point me to where that work's occuring?  I'd be happy to
contribute if it means I don't need Math::PARI.

> brian, what in particular do you want or need Math::PARI for?  Maybe
> there's another route that would help you get to your goal?

As I said, I want it for Crypt::OpenPGP.  Crypt::OpenPGP sounds
interesting, but it can't yet be used to build a fully-featured OpenPGP
implementation.  I want to change that, and I'd like to build such an
implementation, as well as a keyserver that honors the no-modify bit.

I'd like to point out that several other modules are missing for
Crypt::OpenPGP to be functional without using cpan.  I can open RFPs for
those if there's interest in packaging them.

-- 
brian m. carlson / brian with sandals: Houston, Texas, US
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