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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+<!DOCTYPE pkgmetadata SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/metadata.dtd">
+<pkgmetadata>
+<herd>sci-mathematics</herd>
+<longdescription lang='en'>
+ Octave is a high-level language, primarily intended for numerical
+ computations. It provides a convenient command line interface for
+ solving linear and nonlinear problems numerically, and for performing
+ other numerical experiments. It may also be used as a batch-oriented
+ language.
+</longdescription>
+<use>
+ <flag name='glpk'>Add support for <pkg>sci-libs/glpk</pkg> for linear programming</flag>
+ <flag name='qhull'>Add support for <pkg>sci-libs/qhull</pkg>, to allow `delaunay', `convhull', and related functions</flag>
+ <flag name='qrupdate'>Add support for <pkg>sci-libs/qrupdate</pkg>for QR and Cholesky update functions. </flag>
+ <flag name='sparse'>Add enhanced support for sparse matrix algebra</flag>
+</use>
+</pkgmetadata>