Re: Bug#706078: ITP: base91 -- base91 encoder/decoder

2013-05-28 Thread Jonathan Dowland
On Tue, May 28, 2013 at 09:42:20AM +0200, Franck Routier (perso) wrote: > this description is from the upstream readme. I have submited a bug > report to ask for a correction. > Should I patch the readme inbetween ? If you mean the package description, then yes: it should be tailored to Debian. Wh

Re: Bug#706078: ITP: base91 -- base91 encoder/decoder

2013-05-28 Thread Franck Routier (perso)
Le 25/04/2013 23:42, Andreas Bombe a écrit : On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 03:40:57PM +0200, Franck wrote: basE91 is an advanced method for encoding binary data as ASCII characters. It is similar to UUencode or base64, but is more efficient. The overhead produced by basE91 depends on the input data. I

Re: Bug#706078: ITP: base91 -- base91 encoder/decoder

2013-04-25 Thread Andreas Bombe
On Wed, Apr 24, 2013 at 03:40:57PM +0200, Franck wrote: > basE91 is an advanced method for encoding binary data as ASCII characters. It > is similar to UUencode or base64, but is more efficient. The overhead produced > by basE91 depends on the input data. It amounts at most to 23% (versus 33% for >

Bug#706078: ITP: base91 -- base91 encoder/decoder

2013-04-24 Thread Franck
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Franck Routier * Package name: base91 Version : 0.6.0 Upstream Author : Joachim Henke * URL : http://base91.sourceforge.net/ * License : BSD Programming Lang: C Description : base91 encoder/decoder basE91 is an