new man page for GAMS?

[Benedict Reuschling]

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> Hi
> 
> I'd like to write a man page for GAMS.
> For those not familiar with GAMS, it
> stands for Guide to Available Mathematical Software,
> and is a standard classification system of maths
> software - http://gams.nist.gov/
> 
> Is it a good idea to just convert GAMS index, e.g.:
> 	http://netlib.org/slatec/gams
> into a GAMS man page?
> 
> It is not directly related to the base OS, but
> affects lots of ports under ports/math, and
> probably some under other categories.
> 
> thanks
> anton
> 

Hello Anton,

Not all users of FreeBSD use these math-ports and therefore it is not a
"must-have" part of the base system. So I think a man page is not such a
good idea.

Nevertheless, for people doing mathematical work with FreeBSD it might
be a good idea to have an article explaining what kind of software is
available on FreeBSD and some of the terminology (GAMS index) mentioned
in the links you provided.

Are all the packages mentioned in the first link available as ports? If
not, perhaps some of them can be ported to FreeBSD as a result.

If you need help with such an article, I can help you with the SGML and
formatting.

Regards

Benedict Reuschling


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