SLATEC library

[Matthew Saltzman]

On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Ed Hill wrote:

> On Wed, 2005-03-09 at 15:55 -0500, Matthew Saltzman wrote:
>> On Wed, 9 Mar 2005, Globe Trotter wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks, btw, it looks like FC has gotten rid of LAPACk. I have noticed that you
>>> are from a Math Sci place. Do you know how we can get Extras or other places to
>>> carry these things? While we can build these things, it would really help if
>>> there is an available repository so that people who don't want to mess with
>>> building can have yum or something automatically update.
>>
>> AFAIK, it's fairly easy to get a package into Extras if you are willing to
>> maintain it.  Some of the other repos may also be willing to carry it on
>> request, esp. if it comes with a maintainer.  LAPACK should be pretty easy
>> to maintain, too, as it is fairly standalone and there's already a decent
>> spec file for it.
>
>
> I only use lapack occasionally, but I'd be willing test, QA, and
> otherwise help maintain it in Extras.

Then you want to bring the issue up on fedora-extras-list.  And the 
community salutes you!

>
> Ed
>
>

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 		Matthew Saltzman

Clemson University Math Sciences
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