From 6995df8679914110c7ad0fcd05a9a4bd7a320456 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: tege Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 00:06:03 +0100 Subject: Replace README contents with an explanation of why mpfr is gone. --- mpfr/README | 38 +++++++++++++------------------------- 1 file 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: +. + +We expect that the next GMP release (4.1) or a possible +patch release (4.0.1) will again include mpfr. -- cgit v1.2.1