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Re: [ITP] orpie-1.4.1-1 [repost]
On Aug 2 09:07, Schulman.Andrew@epamail.epa.gov wrote:
> I would like to package and maintain orpie for Cygwin. orpie is a
> fullscreen RPN calculator for the console. Its operation is similar to
> that of modern HP calculators, but data entry has been optimized for
> efficiency on a PC keyboard. Features include extensive scientific
> calculator functionality, command completion, and a visible interactive
> stack.
>
> orpie is written in OCaml. It is currently available in Debian stable:
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/math/orpie.
>
> Home page: http://www.eecs.umich.edu/~pelzlpj/orpie/
> License: GPL
>
> <setup.hint>
> sdesc: "Fullscreen RPN calculator for the console"
> ldesc: "Orpie is a fullscreen RPN calculator for the console. Its
> operation is similar
> to that of modern HP calculators, but data entry has been optimized for
> efficiency on a PC keyboard. Features include extensive scientific
> calculator
> functionality, command completion, and a visible interactive stack."
> category: Math
> requires: cygwin gsl
> </setup.hint>
>
> Package URLs are below. Please review and, if the package is found
> suitable, upload. Thanks, Andrew.
>
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/cygwin/orpie/setup.hint
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/cygwin/orpie/orpie-1.4.1-1.tar.bz2
> http://home.comcast.net/~andrex/cygwin/orpie/orpie-1.4.1-1-src.tar.bz2
Packaging looks ok to me, with one question left.
The package installs /etc/orpierc. This file will be overwritten by
later updates. Is that ok or would it be better to have this file
in /etc/defaults/etc and install it from a postinstall script only
if it doesn't exist?
Corinna
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