GNU Scientific Library (GSL) 0.8 is released

[Dirk Eddelbuettel]

> Dirk Eddelbuettel writes:
>  > >      * Packages for Debian GNU/Linux: libgsl0, libgsl0-dev, gsl-ref-psdoc
>  > 
>  > Please add the actual links for these
>  >    
>  >      http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gsl/
>  >      http://http.us.debian.org/debian/pool/main/g/gsl-ref-psdoc/
>  > 
> 
> Ok, but shouldn't they install it using apt-get or dselect?

Sure, that works as well, is generally speaking a lot easier and doesn't 
require the links. 

But there are situations where you just want to grab just the .orig.tar.gz, 
.dsc and .diff.gz to recompile them locally (e.g. when the build daemons 
have not yet caught up with a particular non-i386 architecture, or when
you want to recompile it for an older Debian release such 2.2 which 
only contains gsl 0.5 if memory serves), or when you want to manually
grab the .deb (e.g. when you favourite apt-get'able mirror is behind, or
when you want to manually open the .deb  via ar(1) and tar(1)).

There is nothing to hide, so why not add the links?  

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