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From: Eric Bavier <ericbavier@centurylink.net>
Subject: Re: Anyone using libhilbert?
Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2017 15:09:42 -0400 (EDT)
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To: Tobias Geerinckx-Rice <me@tobias.gr>
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Hello Tobias,

----- Original Message -----
> Guix,
> Eric,
> 
> The sources[0] for our[1] libhilbert package have been missing from
> the
> Web for a while. At least since March[2].
> 
> It's not the easiest package or author to track down, and I lost
> interest after a while since I'm not really familiar with either.
> 
> Is anyone still using this (leaf) package?

I packaged it originally intending to use it as an input for our deal.II package, but never got a chance to make it happen.

> Does anyone have a back-up
> copy of the sources in their store, in case someone is?

I'll try to figure out what upstream packages are doing given the disappearance of the source.  Someone probably has a copy floating around.

`~Eric

> 
> Kind regards,
> 
> T G-R
> 
> [0]: https://web.cs.dal.ca/~chamilto/hilbert/libhilbert-0.2-1.tar.gz
> [1]: distinct from https://github.com/aipescience/libhilbert, AFAICT
> [2]: https://github.com/atoader/HilbertRTree/issues/2
> 
>