[arch-general] gsl 2.1

[Doug Newgard]

On Mon, 16 Nov 2015 00:38:04 -0500 (EST)
Scott Lawrence <bytbox at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> It seems that the latest officially stable version of gsl (gnu scientific 
> library) is 2.1. The repository is at 1.16, and I don't see anything more 
> recent in [testing] or AUR.
> 
> Is there an intention to update this package straight to 2.1, or to introduce 
> a gsl2 package? I've no problem with putting this on AUR myself, but I don't 
> want to step on toes / waste time.
> 

gsl 2.0 was just released 2 weeks ago, and the Arch maintainer isn't the most
active. Have patience.

Putting it in the AUR would just get it deleted. Rule 1 of the AUR is that it
can't duplicate packages in the official repos.