[Bug 475065] Review Request: givaro - C++ library for arithmetic and algebraic computations

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--- Comment #11 from D Haley <mycae at yahoo.com>  2009-05-31 01:00:28 EDT ---
Some quick replies:

> Why should we put this in %doc? How is it remotely helpful?
Maybe %doc is not quite the right place, but as far as I can see it is only an
example makefile, hence documentation, or similar. It certainly should not be
executable, nor should it be mislabelled as a shell script and definitely does
not belong in /usr/bin.

> This is poor coding practice by upstream, but it isn't a blocker.
Still, please try to contact upstream and if they reply put a copy of the
relevant reply here. or state that they are non-responsive. I note that te

> Again, upstream's fault...
This is a blocker. I cannot confirm the md5sum without this, which is required
for review - we need to build against an upstream tarball somewhere, and agree
on its location. http://www-lmc.imag.fr/CASYS/LOGICIELS/givaro/Downloads/ may
have what we need.

>Sorry, I'm not familiar with the use of this library, I'm just interested in
>getting SAGE (and dependencies) packaged and in Fedora.

I need some way to confirm that the system is working properly -- do you have a
suggestion? 

>gmp++ is C++ bindings for gmp, I think
So is this two separate projects bundled into one? I am totally confused.

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