Re: ITP: arb -- C library for arbitrary-precision floating-point ball arithmetic

[Tobias Hansen <thansen@debian.org>]

Hi,

Julien discussed this in his ITP. Since the binary package names libarb
and libarb-dev are already taken by the existing package, I'm afraid we
will have to use a different library name for the new package.

Best,
Tobias

Am 03.09.2015 um 19:52 schrieb Andreas Tille:
> Hi Julien,
> 
> please make sure you will name the package libarb since there is a
> package arb in Debian (actually not in Debian but in non-free).
> 
> Kind regards
> 
>        Andreas.
> 
> On Wed, Sep 02, 2015 at 10:00:22PM +0200, Julien Puydt wrote:
>> Package: wnpp
>> Severity: wishlist
>> Owner: Julien Puydt <julien.puydt@laposte.net>
>>
>> * Package name    : arb
>>   Version         : 2.7.0
>>   Upstream Author : Fredrik Johansson
>> * URL             : https://github.com/fredrik-johansson/arb
>> * License         : GPL-2+
>>   Programming Lang: C
>>   Description     : C library for arbitrary-precision floating-point ball arithmetic
>>
>> Arb is a C library for high-performance arbitrary-precision floating-point ball
>> (mid-rad interval) arithmetic. It supports complex numbers, polynomials,
>> matrices, and evaluation of special functions, all with rigorous error
>> bounding.
>>
>> I would like to package it in Debian since it's an optional package of the sagemath
>> suite, and I have been asked about it as the flint packager.
>>
>> The main problem I foresee is that debian already has a src:arb package which ships
>> a libarb/libarb-dev pair... I noticed two things:
>> 1. there is little filename collision (except in /usr/share/doc for changelog.Debian.gz
>> and copyright, of course) ;
>> 2. the existing package is non-free.
>>
>> What can I do to cope with this name issue?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Snark on #debian-science
>>
>>
>