[oi-dev] IPS classification for scientific software

[Alexander Pyhalov]

Hello.

Aurélien Larcher писал 03.12.2013 20:44:
> 
> What should be the IPS classification for numerical/scientific 
> libraries
> like solvers and applications like octave ?
> The category "Math" obtained from `pkg info octave` for instance, does 
> not
> seem to exist in the list of possible values for
> 'org.opensolaris.category.2008':
> 
> http://docs.oracle.com/cd/E26502_01/html/E21383/gentextid-3283.html#scrolltoc
> 

Classification in octave seems to be a complete mess.
I'd just put it to Development/Other Languages and forget about it.
Most libraries can live in Development/C.

Userland build system will force you to use one of the
categories available in /usr/share/lib/pkg/opensolaris.org.sections.

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