Re: What should be moved to math-team (Re: Debian Math Team
On 2021-11-09 16:20, Nilesh Patra wrote: Makes sense to me. Maybe, it is also a fine idea to move packages which are important in the science team, but are unmaintained. Ofcourse, only if some volunteer is willing to take care of it. Makes sense to move meschach to the Maths team. Technically it's a linear algebra package which could be (and has been) used by science applications, but it's long since superseded by other libraries (BLAS and others), so useful more as a mathematical (or historical) curiosity at this point. Still used by neuron though. Drew
Re: What should be moved to math-team (Re: Debian Math Team
On Mon, Nov 08, 2021 at 10:54:35AM -0500, M. Zhou wrote: > Hi, > > At this point I have some doubt on "what should be moved to > math team." The borderline and the expected outcome are > not discussed in some specific cases. > > In my understanding, domain-specific mathematical applications, > such as theorem prover, would be a good fit for the new team. > And this is not likely of interest by a larger range of audience. > > However, as we know, mathematics is the underlying core of > many engineering and science fields. The critical mathematical > libraries such as BLAS and LAPACK should have the attention > to the whole science team, instead of limited attention of > a small team. > > In brief, my personal opinion is: packages that are too important > and generic should be kept in science team as they may affect > any sub-area of science; packages are less likely used in > other sub-areas of science can be moved to smaller but dedicated > teams for better care. > > The borderline should depend on the influence of a package, > and its expected usage. Makes sense to me. Maybe, it is also a fine idea to move packages which are important in the science team, but are unmaintained. Ofcourse, only if some volunteer is willing to take care of it. Nilesh
What should be moved to math-team (Re: Debian Math Team
Hi, At this point I have some doubt on "what should be moved to math team." The borderline and the expected outcome are not discussed in some specific cases. In my understanding, domain-specific mathematical applications, such as theorem prover, would be a good fit for the new team. And this is not likely of interest by a larger range of audience. However, as we know, mathematics is the underlying core of many engineering and science fields. The critical mathematical libraries such as BLAS and LAPACK should have the attention to the whole science team, instead of limited attention of a small team. In brief, my personal opinion is: packages that are too important and generic should be kept in science team as they may affect any sub-area of science; packages are less likely used in other sub-areas of science can be moved to smaller but dedicated teams for better care. The borderline should depend on the influence of a package, and its expected usage. On Sun, 2021-11-07 at 11:56 +, Torrance, Douglas wrote: > > Would anyone be able to either grant me owner > permissions, or alternatively transfer the following from debian- > science to > debian-math? > > [...] > fflas-ffpack This just reminds me of BLAS and LAPACK.
