Re: Maintainers of scientific applications: Please maintain tasks files! (Was: Bug#592701: science-statistics: typo in package description)

[Jordi Gutiérrez Hermoso <jordigh@gmail.com>]

On 12 August 2010 16:33, Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu> wrote:
> Well, now I just noticed this and I added
>
>  Suggests: libqrupdate-dev
>
> to the mathematics-dev tasks.

Ah, so wait, these are tasks like tasksel tasks? I see...

> Please confirm that you agree with me that this package has some
> relevance for developing mathematical applications (even if it is
> not highly relevant because it is mostly used in connection with
> Octave and not primarily in self written applications).

Yes, that's accurate. Someone who *really* wants to do QR
factorisations would benefit from this package, but it's a very niche
use outside of how it's used transparently from Octave. It does have
some interesting computational ideas from its author.

Thanks,
- Jordi G. H.