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[bug#61204] Scilab scientific software
From: |
Nicolas Graves |
Subject: |
[bug#61204] Scilab scientific software |
Date: |
Sat, 25 Mar 2023 15:17:59 +0100 |
On 2023-03-16 12:26, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hi Nicolas,
>
> Simon Tournier <zimon.toutoune@gmail.com> skribis:
>
>> …I see two issues about licenses:
>>
>> 1. Metis 4 is not free software
>> 2. Scilab is Cecill v2.1 and not gpl2 as the patch suggests.
>>
>> About #2, the fix is easy. :-)
>>
>> About #1, it will be difficult.
>
> [...]
>
>> If Scilab 6 works with Metis 5, then there is no issue with the licenses
>> and could be included.
>
> Could you check whether using Metis 5 is possible, or whether Metis is
> an optional dependency, or whether scotch:metis can be used (Scotch is
> another graph partitioner with a Metis compatibility layer)?
Actually, I've seen that it's possible to compile Suitesparse@3 without
support for Metis@4. Scilab seems to work correctly, so I'll stop here
for this version ;)
I've just send a v2 patch thread.
>
> TIA,
> Ludo’.
>
>
>
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Best regards,
Nicolas Graves