name = "image_random" description = "True random numbers from a digital camera " version = "20200720" authors = ["Jeff Carter"] maintainers = ["Bent Bracke "] maintainers-logins = ["bracke"] licenses = "BSD-3-Clause" website = "https://github.com/bracke/Image_Random" tags = ["random", "numbers", "camera"] long-description = """ # Image_Random True random numbers from a digital camera This works under Linux with the GNAT compiler; modification for other platforms or compilers is left as an exercise for the desperate Ideally, the camera should have its lens cap on, or have a similar dark covering, so the image is of the camera sensor noise However, another randomly changing scene, such as a lava lamp or aquarium, may also work This is slow and only produces 64 random bytes; if you need more, it is probably best to use these bytes to seed a high-quality pseudo-random number generator, such as the Threefry generator """ [build-switches] "*".style_checks = "No" "*".ada_version = "Ada12" [[depends-on]] # Avoid bug in GNAT 13 gnat = "<13.0 | >=13.3" [origin] commit = "594a238aeb5b9da8a25b14c077584d6e2431f93b" url = "git+https://github.com/bracke/Image_Random.git"