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

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--- Comment #13 from Conrad Meyer <konrad at tylerc.org>  2009-05-31 01:36:43 EDT ---
(In reply to comment #11)
> 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.

Ah, sorry, didn't realize I was putting it in /usr/bin. I would prefer to not
install it anywhere, I think.

> > 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

Sorry, I don't see any sort of contact info or bug tracking system on the home
page.

> > 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.

Eh, it won't be an issue *after* review though. I can update to the most recent
tarball and you can verify against that md5sum (or, please, sha1sum).

> >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? 

Maybe look at some of their examples on the webpage?

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

It's developed by the givaro folks, and they distribute it with givaro. I don't
believe it's a library that anyone else is supposed to use (at least not yet).
But you can try asking them if you want a better explanation.

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