On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 10:01:14PM +0200, Martin Sj|gren wrote: > On Wed, Aug 01, 2001 at 09:21:52PM +0200, Tollef Fog Heen wrote: > > Ask here, if there is somebody who are interested in the packages you > > have packaged, you might get a sponsor quicker. > > Why that's a terrific idea =) > > The package is gap, which was orphaned a while ago and I ITA. The package > description is: > > gap is a system for computational discrete algebra with particular > emphasis on computational group theory, but which has already proved > useful also in other areas. In the example text, gap is used to > analyse Rubik's Cube using group theory. A kernel, which makes > use of readline, implements a pascal-like language. Many libraries > and data bases are included. A thorough html manual is included. > > At least, that's the old description, I'm going to change it a bit, and > split out the manuals in other packages. (gap-doc-dvi, gap-doc-pdf, > gap-doc-html), and I've packaged a newer upstream version than the current > gap package, which is frankly oooold.
If you're upgrading it to version 4, be aware that Markus Hetzmannseder has packaged that (as gap4* - I've just realized that some of them are sitting in incoming/REJECT though, bah), and I'm sponsoring him. That said, he hasn't responded to my mails about problems in the packages. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
