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author | tege <tege@gmplib.org> | 2001-12-01 00:06:03 +0100 |
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committer | tege <tege@gmplib.org> | 2001-12-01 00:06:03 +0100 |
commit | 6995df8679914110c7ad0fcd05a9a4bd7a320456 (patch) | |
tree | dedbf9006d8e7727cae58479a0e66697cfbd26db | |
parent | 4ffaee325dec13528c6d07704aa60605406fcdc5 (diff) | |
download | gmp-6995df8679914110c7ad0fcd05a9a4bd7a320456.tar.gz |
Replace README contents with an explanation of why mpfr is gone.
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/mpfr/README b/mpfr/README index 9a2e15f62..e197a565f 100644 --- a/mpfr/README +++ b/mpfr/README @@ -1,27 +1,15 @@ -The MPFR distribution contains the following files: +The mpfr functions have been removed from the public GMP 4.0 +release. This was made since paperwork was not ready in +time for the release. The mpfr developers also wanted to +address some known issues, before a new mpfr is released +with GMP. +While we could have kept the old mpfr code that was included +with GMP 3, the mpfr developers felt that that code is +obsolete. -AUTHORS - the authors of the library -BUGS - bugs in MPFR - please read this file! -COPYING - the license under which the MPFR library is distributed -ChangeLog - the log of changes -INSTALL - how to install MPFR (see also mpfr.texi) -Makefile* - files for building the library -NEWS - new features with respect to previous versions -README - this file -TODO - what remains to do (any help is welcome!) -ac* - automatic configuration files -*.c - source files -config* - configuration files -cputime.h - header file for timings -install* - installation files -missing - auxiliary installation file -mkinst* - auxiliary installation file -mpf2mpfr.h - header file for compatibility with MPF -mpfr-impl.h - internal header file for MPFR -mpfr.h - external header file for MPFR -mpfr-test.h - header file for test files -mpfr.info - info file for MPFR -mpfr.texi - texinfo documentation for MPFR -tests/ - test directory -texinfo.tex - TeX macros to handle mpfr.texi +If you need to use the mpfr functions now, please see: +<http://www.loria.fr/projets/mpfr/>. + +We expect that the next GMP release (4.1) or a possible +patch release (4.0.1) will again include mpfr. |