* Adam C Powell IV [Fri, 05 Dec 2008 23:40:57 +0900]: > Greetings,
> arpack was removed from lenny and sid because of non-free clauses in its > license, see bug 491794 for details. Note this bug was filed after the > freeze. It is an important scientific computation package for parallel > linear system analysis which is in etch. > Recently upstream changed its license so it is DFSG-free. I built and > uploaded it with minimal changes, and it is now in unstable. > I think that because arpack is in etch and is used by many prominent > programs, such as the Elmer finite element multiphysics package, it > should really be part of the lenny release. Furthermore, this would > "reward" upstream for changing the license at the request of Debian > maintainers. > Therefore please un-freeze arpack so it can transition into testing and > release with lenny. Unblocked arpack, and arpack++ as well. -- Adeodato Simó dato at net.com.org.es Debian Developer adeodato at debian.org Listening to: Pet Shop Boys - I wouldn't normally do this kind of thing -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
