Bug#764731: ITP: r-cran-spam -- GNU R functions for sparse matrix algebra

[Andreas Tille]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>

* Package name    : r-cran-spam
  Version         : 1.0-1
  Upstream Author : Reinhard Furrer <reinhard.furrer at math.uzh.ch>
* URL             : http://cran.r-project.org/web/packages/spam/
* License         : LGPL
  Programming Lang: R
  Description     : GNU R functions for sparse matrix algebra
 Set of functions for sparse matrix algebra. Differences with SparseM/Matrix
 are:
  1. only (essentially) one sparse matrix format supported,
  2. based on transparent and simple structure(s),
  3. tailored for MCMC calculations within GMRF.
  4. S3 and S4 like-"compatible"

This package is needed to upgrade r-cran-randomfields to the latest
upstream version.  It is maintained by the Debian Science team at
  Vcs-Svn: svn://anonscm.debian.org/debian-science/packages/R/r-cran-spam/trunk/