Hi Doug, On Wed, 7 Jul 2021 at 03:42, Torrance, Douglas <dtorra...@piedmont.edu> wrote:
> > On Wed 19 May 2021 12:37:22 PM EDT, Doug Torrance <dtorra...@piedmont.edu> > wrote: > > I've finished packaging PHCpack, which is written in Ada and solves > polynomial systems using homotopy continuation, for Debian. It also > includes Python and Octave interfaces. > > > > Would anyone be willing to review/sponsor? Note that I currently have > it set for upload to unstable since it's destined for the NEW queue and I > don't think that would interfere with the freeze, but perhaps it would make > sense to upload to experimental instead? > > > > https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/phcpack > > FYI, I'm still looking for a sponsor for PHCpack. Upstream recently > released a new version (2.4.85), and I've updated the packaging in Salsa > accordingly. > ./src/Ada/Math_Lib/QD/READ_ME states this: The main reference for the QD-2.3.9 library is Y. Hida, X.S. Li, and D.H. Bailey: "Algorithms for quad-double precision floating point arithmetic." In 15th IEEE Symposium on Computer Arithmetic (Arith-15 2001), 11-17 June 2001, Vail, CO, USA, pages 155-162. IEEE Computer Society, 2001. Shortened version of Technical Report LBNL-46996, software at http://crd.lbl.gov/~dhbailey/mpdist/qd-2.3.9.tar.gz. Note that the "BSD-LBNL-License" is GPL compatible, although "If you wish to use the software for commercial purposes please contact the Technology Transfer Department at t...@lbl.gov or call 510-286-6457." I admit, I'm not very sure if I understand the terms there correctly, but should it be mentioned in d/copyright? I also see similar stuff in a lot of READ_ME files, ./src/Ada/Root_Counts/MixedVol/READ_ME for instance. Do they need to be mentioned in d/copyright? If not, IMO adding a "Comment:" and the reasoning for not adding these in copyright would be good. > > I've also opened a merge request in the Debian Science Blend repo to add > it to the mathematics task: > https://salsa.debian.org/blends-team/science/-/merge_requests/7 > > I'm also still looking for sponsors for a few other packages: > > * macaulay2 (new upstream version 1.18, for experimental) > https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/macaulay2 Unfortunately, I've got no resources to build it :-( I hope someone else uploads this. If not, just ping me after your keys are added to the DM keyring, and I'll grant you DM access for this > * macaulay2-jupyter-kernel (NEW) > https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/macaulay2-jupyter-kernel Uploaded! > * qepcad (NEW) > https://salsa.debian.org/science-team/qepcad ./plot2d/ADJ2D_plot is a binary file, and I'm sure FTP masters will not like it. Please repack this and compile the same during the build. > Good news: my DM application was recently approved, so once the keyring is > updated, I won't need to ask for sponsorship for non-NEW packages. :) > I'm very happy about this. Whilst I could not advocate you due to us working on not many packages together, I was definitely cheering on the sidelines all this while. I hope you apply for being a DD someday, and by that time I've sponsored enough packages for you. Cheers, Nilesh
