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diff --git a/libraries/libaec/slack-desc b/libraries/libaec/slack-desc new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8d3b6ceb9d --- /dev/null +++ b/libraries/libaec/slack-desc @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# HOW TO EDIT THIS FILE: +# The "handy ruler" below makes it easier to edit a package description. +# Line up the first '|' above the ':' following the base package name, and +# the '|' on the right side marks the last column you can put a character in. +# You must make exactly 11 lines for the formatting to be correct. It's also +# customary to leave one space after the ':' except on otherwise blank lines. + + |-----handy-ruler------------------------------------------------------| +libaec: libaec (Adaptive Entropy Coding library) +libaec: +libaec: Libaec provides fast lossless compression of 1 up to 32 bit wide +libaec: signed or unsigned integers (samples). The library achieves best +libaec: results for low entropy data as often encountered in space imaging +libaec: instrument data or numerical model output from weather or climate +libaec: simulations. While floating point representations are not directly +libaec: supported, they can also be efficiently coded by grouping exponents +libaec: and mantissa. +libaec: +libaec: Libaec can replace SZIP. |