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diff --git a/dev-haskell/mwc-random/metadata.xml b/dev-haskell/mwc-random/metadata.xml index 3bcd47064ae2..c6a1cbc7566e 100644 --- a/dev-haskell/mwc-random/metadata.xml +++ b/dev-haskell/mwc-random/metadata.xml @@ -5,21 +5,8 @@ <email>haskell@gentoo.org</email> <name>Gentoo Haskell</name> </maintainer> - <longdescription> - This package contains code for generating high quality random - numbers that follow either a uniform or normal distribution. The - generated numbers are suitable for use in statistical applications. - - The uniform PRNG uses Marsaglia's MWC256 (also known as MWC8222) - multiply-with-carry generator, which has a period of 2^8222 and - fares well in tests of randomness. It is also extremely fast, - between 2 and 3 times faster than the Mersenne Twister. - - Compared to the mersenne-random package, this package has a more - convenient API, is faster, and supports more statistical - distributions. - </longdescription> <upstream> + <remote-id type="hackage">mwc-random</remote-id> <remote-id type="github">bos/mwc-random</remote-id> </upstream> </pkgmetadata> |