General Information
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-GiNaC (which stands for "GiNaC is Not a CAS (computer algebra system)) is a
-C++ library for symbolic mathematical calculations. It is designed to allow
+GiNaC (which stands for "GiNaC is Not a CAS" (computer algebra system)) is a
+C++ library for symbolic mathematical calculations. It is designed to allow
the creation of integrated systems that embed symbolic manipulations together
with more established areas of computer science (like computation-intense
numeric applications, graphical interfaces, etc.) under one roof.
The official web site is:
http://www.ginac.de/
+A mailing list is located at:
+ ginac-list@ginac.de
+
+To subscribe, send an email to majordomo@ginac.de containing the line
+
+ subscribe ginac-list your-name@your.domain
+
+in the body of your email. You will then receive an email containing
+instructions how to confirm your subscription.
+
+See http://www.ginac.de/Lists.html for the list policy.
+
Installation
============
See the file "INSTALL".
+
+
+How to report bugs
+==================
+
+If you have identified a bug in GiNaC you are welcome to send a detailed
+bug report to <ginac-bugs@ginac.de>. Please think about your bug! This
+means that you should include
+
+* Information about your system
+
+ - Which operating system and version (uname -a)
+ - Which C compiler and version (gcc --version)
+ - For Linux, which version of the C library
+
+ And anything else you think is relevant.
+
+* Information about your version of GiNaC
+
+ - Version and release number
+ - Which options GiNaC was configured with
+
+* How to reproduce the bug
+
+ - If it is a systematical bug in the library, a short test program
+ together with the output you get and the output you expect will
+ help us to reproduce it quickly.
+
+Patches are most welcome. If possible please make them with diff -c and
+include ChangeLog entries.