On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 11:48 AM, Mathieu Malaterre <mathieu.malate...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 9:00 AM, Charles Plessy <ple...@debian.org> wrote: >> Dear all, >> >> I am interested in a set of programs, the ‘BEDtools’, whose source includes a >> convenience copy of the gzstream library. >> >> http://bedtools.googlecode.com >> http://www.cs.unc.edu/Research/compgeom/gzstream/ >> >> A quick apt-file search indicates that at least two other packages (CCed) may >> be using the gzstream library, k3d and freecad. So it seems that it would >> make sense to package the gzstream library separately. >> >> But I notice that this library has not been updated since 2003, and >> obviously, >> if only two programs in Debian are using it, there may be a more suitable >> alternative, that would be worth suggesting to the authors of BEDtools. >> >> Does anybody has a good recommendation to replace gzstream by something more >> “mainstream” without too much work? If not, are there volunteers to >> co-maintain >> gzstream in Debian (it looks simple, but since I am not a C programmer, I am >> not comfortable with library packaging). > > GDCM is using zipstream. > > http://www.codeproject.com/KB/stl/zipstream.aspx > > I do not remember why I gave up on gzstream (license issue ?). I > cannot volunteer -at the moment-, but I can help with C programming > issues.
boostiostream is better and does not need to to call zflush http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_35_0/libs/iostreams/doc/classes/gzip.html > HTH > -- > Mathieu > > -- > debian-science-maintainers mailing list > debian-science-maintain...@lists.alioth.debian.org > http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/debian-science-maintainers > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/aanlktimt4upyo8dhqgkzwb-ag1e6gigjevq6lai9k...@mail.gmail.com
