Bug#726566: libblitz0ldbl: blitz.info dir entry

[Andreas Tille]

Hi Kevin,

thanks for your bug report.

On Thu, Oct 17, 2013 at 04:56:25AM +1100, Kevin Ryde wrote:
> Package: libblitz0ldbl
> Version: 1:0.10-1
> Severity: minor
> File: /usr/share/info/blitz.info.gz
> 
> blitz.info contains
> 
>     START-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
>     * Blitz++: (blitz++).           High-performance C++ numeric library
>     END-INFO-DIR-ENTRY
> 
> which is installed into /usr/share/info/dir.  But in "/usr/bin/info"
> pressing ret on that line in the dir gives an error
> 
>     blitz++: No such file or directory
> 
> Perhaps the filename part is meant to be without the ++
> 
>     * Blitz++: (blitz).           High-performance C++ numeric library
> 
> I wondered too whether blitz.info would be in the -dev or -doc package
> rather than the lib libblitz0ldbl.  But I see that's done deliberately
> in debian/libblitz0ldbl.info so perhaps there's a reason.

I damit libblitz++ is quite poorly maintained (and dead upstream).  I
tried to keep it alive inside the Debian Science team but I must admit
it is very low on my priority list - you might regard it de facto
orphaned (at least from my side).  In short:  implying some reason for
things that are implemented is not necessary valid.  If you see some
chance to enhance the package please send a patch to this bug report
(and please ping me for an upload if I do not respond in a reasonable
time frame).

Kind regards

       Andreas.

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