Bug#801842: ITP: python-pulp -- an LP modeler
On 10/15/2015 02:18 PM, IOhannes m zmölnig (Debian/GNU) wrote:
> On 2015-10-15 09:59, Thomas Goirand wrote:
>> Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Thomas Goirand
>> <zigo@debian.org>
>
>> * Package name : python-pulp Version : 1.6.0 Upstream
>> Author : Stuart Anthony Mitchell <pulp@stuartmitchell.com> * URL
>> : https://github.com/coin-or/pulp * License : Expat
>> Programming Lang: Python Description : an LP modeler
>
>> PuLP is an LP modeler written in python. PuLP can generate MPS or
>> LP files and call GLPK[1], COIN CLP/CBC[2], CPLEX[3], and GUROBI[4]
>> to solve linear problems.
>
> may i suggest to avoid excessive use of acronyms (of the 31 words in
> the description there are 12 acronyms), or at least add some hints for
> the lay audience what this package is about (e.g. "an archiver for
> vinyl cover art").
> also, are those numbers in brackets meant to be footnotes?
Hi,
The long description comes from upstream. This is complicated math stuff
(LP = linear problem solving), so I don't expect everyone to understand.
I have removed the brackets stuff which were in fact references to other
Python modules:
[1] http://www.gnu.org/software/glpk/glpk.html
[2] http://www.coin-or.org/
[3] http://www.cplex.com/
[4] http://www.gurobi.com/
Now, thanks for your suggestion, though if you don't come with a better
long description, it isn't very helpful. I don't believe I am able to
write one myself.
Cheers,
Thomas Goirand (zigo)
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