Bug#816397: libvlfeat-dev: SIFT feature silently removed

[Richard Lewis]

Package: libvlfeat-dev
Version: 0.9.20+dfsg0-1
Severity: minor

Hi there,

I was hoping to use the SIFT feature from libvlfeat so I installed the libvlfeat-dev package which explicitly mentions SIFT in its description.

However, it seems that the SIFT implementation has been removed from the package for licensing reasons; it's under a patent <https://lists.debian.org/debian-science/2013/11/msg00033.html>.

I'd like to request that the package description reflect this situation. I suppose this should apply to all the packages which share this description (libvlfeat1, libvlfeat-dev, libvlfeat-doc).

Richard

-- System Information:
Debian Release: stretch/sid
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 4.4.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_GB.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_GB.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)

Versions of packages libvlfeat-dev depends on:
ii  libvlfeat1  0.9.20+dfsg0-1

Versions of packages libvlfeat-dev recommends:
ii  libvlfeat-doc  0.9.20+dfsg0-1

libvlfeat-dev suggests no packages.

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