Re: very small packages - merge into general/miscelleneous or move into core

[Marco Atzeri]

On 22/01/2014 13:55, Thomas Weber wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 04:19:07PM +0100, Carlo de Falco wrote:
> > > Il 17/gen/2014 15:58 "Thomas Weber" <address@hidden> ha scritto:
> > >
> > > > On Fri, Jan 17, 2014 at 03:10:36PM +0100, c. wrote:
> > > > > Honestly, it does not happen often that universal physical
> > > > > constants change their values.
> > > >
> > > > I looked at the physical_constants package back in 2011 - the first two
> > > > constants I looked at had changed values. That was enough for me to kick
> > > > the package from Debian.
> > > >
> > > >          Thomas
> > >
> > > What were the constants and what was the change in their value?
>
> One was Avogadro, the other I don't remember. The change in value I do
> not remember - it doesn't matter however. I am not an expert in whatever
> domain the constants are used, so I assume that every change might be
> important to someone working in a specific domain.
> My thinking was more like: does it make a difference if we continue with
> the old package - and yes, it did. So out it went.
>
>         Thomas

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http://physics.nist.gov/cuu/pdf/RevModPhysCODATA2010.pdf

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