Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Julien Puydt <julien.pu...@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
