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Physicalconstants package from Octave-Forge is outdated
From: |
Pablo |
Subject: |
Physicalconstants package from Octave-Forge is outdated |
Date: |
Sat, 9 Apr 2011 18:36:48 -0300 |
Hi everyone!
I just found out that the Physical Constants package from
Octave-Forge was removed from Debian testing. The reason was that the
values from the NIST database were outdated (see
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=620639). As the
report states, "The
latest update to that database is from 2006. Despite that, the package
still ships the values from 2002." I checked and that's true (you can
see, for example, the gravitational constant).
Is it possible to update the package? Supposedly, the package is
automatically generated so it shouldn't be a big deal. By the way, the
generating script is not included in the package. I believe it should
be accessible just in case the original creator is unavailable.
Thanks,
Arnoques
- Physicalconstants package from Octave-Forge is outdated,
Pablo <=