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 # libspiro
 
+Spiro simplifies the drawing of beautiful curves.
+
+Using bézier splines an artist can easily draw curves with the same slope on either side of an on-curve point.
+Spiros, on the other hand, are based on clothoid splines which make it easy to maintain constant curvature as well as constant slope.
+Such curves will simply look nicer.
+
+Spiro splines only use on-curve points and so are easier to use and more intuitive to the artist.
+
+This library will take an array of spiro control points and convert them into a series of bézier splines which can then be used in the myriad of ways the world has come to use béziers.
+
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+Name:          libspiro
+Version:       20071029
+Release:       2mamba
+Summary:       A library to simplify the drawing of beautiful curves
+Group:         System/Libraries
+Vendor:        openmamba
+Distribution:  openmamba
+Packager:      Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org>
+URL:           http://libspiro.sourceforge.net/
+Source:        http://downloads.sourceforge.net/libspiro/libspiro_src-%{version}.tar.bz2
+License:       GPL
+BuildRoot:     %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-root
+
+%description
+Spiro simplifies the drawing of beautiful curves.
+
+Using bézier splines an artist can easily draw curves with the same slope on either side of an on-curve point.
+Spiros, on the other hand, are based on clothoid splines which make it easy to maintain constant curvature as well as constant slope.
+Such curves will simply look nicer.
+
+Spiro splines only use on-curve points and so are easier to use and more intuitive to the artist.
+
+This library will take an array of spiro control points and convert them into a series of bézier splines which can then be used in the myriad of ways the world has come to use béziers.
+
+%package devel
+Group:         Development/Libraries
+Summary:       Static libraries and headers for %{name}
+Requires:      %{name} = %{?epoch:%epoch:}%{version}-%{release}
+
+%description devel
+Spiro simplifies the drawing of beautiful curves.
+
+Using bézier splines an artist can easily draw curves with the same slope on either side of an on-curve point.
+Spiros, on the other hand, are based on clothoid splines which make it easy to maintain constant curvature as well as constant slope.
+Such curves will simply look nicer.
+
+Spiro splines only use on-curve points and so are easier to use and more intuitive to the artist.
+
+This library will take an array of spiro control points and convert them into a series of bézier splines which can then be used in the myriad of ways the world has come to use béziers.
+
+This package contains static libraries and header files need for development.
+
+%prep
+%setup -q
+
+%build
+%configure
+%make
+
+%install
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+%makeinstall
+
+%clean
+[ "%{buildroot}" != / ] && rm -rf "%{buildroot}"
+
+%post   -p /sbin/ldconfig
+%postun -p /sbin/ldconfig
+
+%files
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_libdir}/*.so.*
+%doc README README-RaphLevien gpl.txt
+
+%files devel
+%defattr(-,root,root)
+%{_includedir}/*.h
+%{_libdir}/*.la
+%{_libdir}/*.so
+
+%changelog
+* Fri Sep 06 2013 Automatic Build System <autodist@mambasoft.it> 20071029-2mamba
+- automatic rebuild by autodist
+
+* Tue Nov 20 2007 Stefano Cotta Ramusino <stefano.cotta@openmamba.org> 20071029-1mamba
+- package created by autospec