Please consider quantlib_0.3.9 (and -ruby,-python,-doc) for testing

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

Hi,

My QuantLib packages in testing are in an inconsistent state:

   Name			testing			unstable
   ----------------------------------------------------------
   quantlib 	 	0.3.8.rc.20050412-1 	0.3.9-1
   quantlib-python  	0.3.8-2 		0.3.9-1
   quantlib-refman 	0.3.8-1 		0.3.9-1
   quantlib-refman-html 0.3.8-1 		0.3.9-1 
   quantlib-ruby        0.3.8-1 		0.3.9-1 

Here QuantLib is the binary library, -ruby and -python depend on it. 

We now have a pre-relesae of 0.3.9 in testing which is __incompatible__ with
the quantlib-ruby and quantlib-python versions in testing as the API still
changes between releases.

I would suggest to move the whole 0.3.9 block into testing once the ten day
window is up.  The packages are all bug-free and "mostly" built. We currently
lack a) a few m68k builds and b) quantlib-python on mipsel .  For m68k, Rick
Younie and I hashed out that we should stop providing QuantLib.  For mipsel,
I wish we could agree on the same -- the build simply timed out after 150
mins in the heavy C++ template code (which would have completed).  However, I
think mipsel wasn't part of the previous release and is generally behind as
per
http://packages.debian.org/cgi-bin/search_packages.pl?keywords=quantlib-python&searchon=names&subword=1&version=all&release=all
so maybe we can overlook this as a showstopper?

Lastly, and for completeness r-cran-rquantlib 0.1.12 is the only other
dependency of QuantLib, and it could be pulled in too.

Please email back if there are questions.

Thanks, Dirk

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