Package: ftp.debian.org Severity: normal
Winthin the R system, hdf5 packages have a difficult history. This package was one of the earlier ones (earliest?) and was maintained from 2000 to 2009. I packaged it in 2005, and it has served us well. These days the BioConductor package rhdf5 is a better bet, and is in Debian as r-bioc-rhdf5. We can retire this package r-cran-hdf5 from unstable (and then testing). Dirk [1] https://bioconductor.org/packages/release/bioc/html/rhdf5.html -- https://dirk.eddelbuettel.com | @eddelbuettel | e...@debian.org
