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