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= gsl =

== Description ==

Website: http://www.gnu.org/software/gsl/

From the website above: The GNU Scientific Library (GSL) is a numerical library for C and C++ programmers. It is free software under the GNU General Public License.

The library provides a wide range of mathematical routines such as random number generators, special functions and least-squares fitting. There are over 1000 functions in total with an extensive test suite.

== License ==

 * GPL V3 or later (1.10 release)
 * GPL V2 or later (1.9 release)

== SPKG Maintainers ==

 * Michael Abshoff
 * William Stein

== Upstream Contact ==

GSL mailing lists:

 * Bug-gsl <[email protected]> mailing list -- bug reports for the GNU Scientific Library should be sent here
 * Help-gsl <[email protected]> users mailing list -- for questions about installation, how GSL works and how it is used, or general questions concerning GSL.
 * Info-gsl <[email protected]> mailing list -- announcements of new releases are made here.

== Dependencies ==

 * ATLAS, but it seems to be only required when actually linking the gsl extensions

== Changelog ==

=== gsl-1.10.p1 (Michael Abshoff, April 20th, 2008) ===
 * always use GSL's isinf (fixes #2973)

=== gsl-1.10-p0 (Michael Abshoff, Jan. 26, 2008) ===
 * fix 64 OSX build
 * fix spkg-check target
 * work around isinf bug on OSX

=== gsl-1.10 (Michael Abshoff, Jan. 25, 2008) ===
 * update to gsl 1.10
 * add .hgignore
 * write proper SPKG.txt

=== gsl-1.9 ===
 * initial release

== Build Notes ==
 * On OSX we use a slighly modified isinf method since the system one is buggy. See the patches directory for a patch
 * Download: ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/gnu/gsl/