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 <[email protected]> >> >> * 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 >> >> >
