Bug#816397: libvlfeat-dev: SIFT feature silently removed
Richard Lewis
richardlewis at fastmail.co.uk
Tue Mar 1 14:55:26 UTC 2016
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.
-- no debconf information
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