[Pkg-scicomp-devel] arpack: unfreeze request

[Adeodato Simó]

* 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.

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