[ITP] mpfi-1.5.3: multiple precision floating-point interval library

[ITP] mpfi-1.5.3: multiple precision floating-point interval library

[Lemures Lemniscati]

Hi !

[ITP] A new package proposal: mpfi

* libmpfi-devel-1.5.3-1
* libmpfi-doc-1.5.3-1
* libmpfi0-1.5.3-1

* mpfi-1.5.3-1-src
* mpfi-debuginfo-1.5.3-1


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mpfi 1.5.3

Summary: MPFI: Multiple Precision Floating-Point Interval Library
Description:
  A library for interval arithmetic,
  which is built upon the MPFR multiple precision floating-point
  arithmetic library.
License: LGPL2.1
Category: Math Libs

Homepage: https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfi/mpfi/
News: https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfi/mpfi/-/blob/1.5.3/mpfi/NEWS


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Corresponding Linux/Unix packages are searched:
  https://repology.org/project/mpfi/versions

Current cygport file is in a git repository:
  https://github.com/cygwin-lem/mpfi-cygport/tree/mpfi-1.5.3-1

Current package files are placed at
  https://cygwin-lem.github.io/mpfi-cygport/
or in a git branch
    https://github.com/cygwin-lem/mpfi-cygport/tree/mpfi-1.5.3-1_gh-pages

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Although mpfi-1.5.4 is released, it seems to be left incomplete and
unable to pass its testsuite.
So, I guess, mpfi-1.5.3 is better than 1.5.4.



Regards,

--
Lem

Re: [ITP] mpfi-1.5.3: multiple precision floating-point interval library

[Lemures Lemniscati]

On Mon, 30 Aug 2021 20:57:50 +0900, Lemures Lemniscati
> Hi !
> 
> [ITP] A new package proposal: mpfi
> 
> * libmpfi-devel-1.5.3-1
> * libmpfi-doc-1.5.3-1
> * libmpfi0-1.5.3-1
> 
> * mpfi-1.5.3-1-src
> * mpfi-debuginfo-1.5.3-1
> 
> 
> ====
> 
> mpfi 1.5.3
> 
> Summary: MPFI: Multiple Precision Floating-Point Interval Library
> Description:
>   A library for interval arithmetic,
>   which is built upon the MPFR multiple precision floating-point
>   arithmetic library.
> License: LGPL2.1
> Category: Math Libs
> 
> Homepage: https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfi/mpfi/
> News: https://gitlab.inria.fr/mpfi/mpfi/-/blob/1.5.3/mpfi/NEWS
> 
> 
> ====
> Corresponding Linux/Unix packages are searched:
>   https://repology.org/project/mpfi/versions
> 
> Current cygport file is in a git repository:
>   https://github.com/cygwin-lem/mpfi-cygport/tree/mpfi-1.5.3-1
> 
> Current package files are placed at
>   https://cygwin-lem.github.io/mpfi-cygport/
> or in a git branch
>     https://github.com/cygwin-lem/mpfi-cygport/tree/mpfi-1.5.3-1_gh-pages
> 
> ====
> 
> Although mpfi-1.5.4 is released, it seems to be left incomplete and
> unable to pass its testsuite.
> So, I guess, mpfi-1.5.3 is better than 1.5.4.
> 

By the way, I wonder if the maintainer of mpfr and gmp. to which mpfi is
closely linked, would take a maintainership of mpfi, also.

What would you think of it, Achim?


Regards,


Lem

Re: [ITP] mpfi-1.5.3: multiple precision floating-point interval library

[Achim Gratz]

Am 31.08.2021 um 13:24 schrieb Lemures Lemniscati via Cygwin-apps:
> By the way, I wonder if the maintainer of mpfr and gmp. to which mpfi is
> closely linked, would take a maintainership of mpfi, also.

What is this library needed for?  I don't think using interval code is 
used much these days already and needs for multiprecision interval 
computations are even more rare.  The only two packages I know of that 
(optionally, I think) use this library are not available on Cygwin anyway.

> What would you think of it, Achim?
I haven't looked at the sources, but if it really needs that cpdirs you 
have in your cygport file then I'd rather not deal with it until they 
fix their stuff to build cleanly out-of-tree.  Although the YACP mpfi 
package definition seems to indicate that this is maybe not necessary.


-- 
Achim.

(on the road :-)