Bug#522560: ITP: bist -- chemical drawing tool

[Chris Walker]

Chris

David Paleino  writes:

> 
> * Package name: bist


David, 
  You should probably mention this package on the debian-science list. 


> 
> I'm very open to discuss a better short description :)

You might like to consider which category it would fit on
http://wiki.debian.org/DebianScience/Chemistry and make that obvious
in the description.

You might want also to answer the question what features does it have
that the others don't. It also doesn't answer for me why I should
choose that package rather than the others listed on the wiki page.

Chris





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Bug#522017: ITP: jblas -- jblas is a fast linear algebra library for Java

[Chris Walker]

Matthias Klose  writes:

> Chris Walker schrieb:
> > Soeren Sonnenburg  writes:
> > 
> >> Package: wnpp
> >> Severity: wishlist
> >> Owner: Soeren Sonnenburg 
> >>
> >> * Package name: jblas
> > 
> > This package seems likely to be of interest to debian-science, so I'm
> > sending this mail there too. 
> 
> if jblas seems to be of interest to debian-science, please would you take care

> of atlas and an upgrade to atlas 3.8 as well? else I would suggest to Chris to
> just go ahead and maybe CC debian-java.

When I said "jblas is of interest to debian-science", what I meant was
"I think that some of the people on debian-science may be interested
in jblas, so please keep them informed of your progress". In addition,
debian-science is a good place to ask for help with science applications. 

Chris




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Bug#522017: ITP: jblas -- jblas is a fast linear algebra library for Java

[Chris Walker]

Soeren Sonnenburg  writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Soeren Sonnenburg 
> 
> * Package name: jblas

This package seems likely to be of interest to debian-science, so I'm
sending this mail there too. 

It would presumably fit into the mathematics-dev task.

And here is the rest of the description for debian-science readers. 

>   Version : 0.1
>   Upstream Author : Mikio Braun mikiocs.tu-berlin.de
> * URL : https://ml01.zrz.tu-berlin.de/trac/jblas/
> * License : BSD
>   Programming Lang: Java
>   Description : jblas is a fast linear algebra library for Java
> 
>   jblas is a fast linear algebra library for Java. jblas is based on
>   BLAS and LAPACK, the de-facto industry standard for matrix
>   computations, and uses state-of-the-art implementations like ATLAS for
>   all its computational routines, making jBLAS very fast. 
> 
>   jblas can is essentially a light-wight wrapper around the BLAS and
>   LAPACK routines. These packages have originated in the Fortran
>   community which explains their archaic API. On the other hand modern
>   implementations are hard to beat performance wise. jblas aims to make
>   this functionality available to Java programmers such that they do not
>   have to worry about writing JNI interfaces and calling conventions of
>   Fortran code.
> 


Chris



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Bug#514751: ITP: pgfplots -- TeX package to draw normal and/or logarithmic plots directly in TeX

[Chris Walker]

OHURA Makoto  writes:

> 
> * Package name: pgfplots

I've added this to the science-viewing task package. 

For the benefit of Makoto, debian-science collects related packages
that are useful to scientists into tasks packages. See
http://blends.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/index.html

For the benefit of those reading on debian-science, this is package
description.

>   Version : 1.2
>   Upstream Author : Christian Feuersanger
> * URL or Web page : http://pgfplots.sourceforge.net/
> * License : GPLv3
>   Description : TeX package to draw normal and/or logarithmic plots 
> directly in TeX
> 
>   This package provides tools to generate plots and labeled axes
> easily. It draws normal plots, logplots and semi-logplots. Axis
> ticks, labels, legends (in case of multiple plots) can be added
> with key-value options. It can cycle through a set of predefined
> line/marker/color specifications. In summary, its purpose is to
> simplify the generation of high-quality function plots,
> especially for use in scientific contexts (logplots).
> 

Chris



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Bug#514903: ITP: pymca -- Python toolkit and application for X-ray fluorescence analysis

[Chris Walker]

Teemu Ikonen  writes:

> 
> * Package name: pymca

[snip]

I've added it to the science-physics task. 
> 
> Prelimary packages will be soon at the Debian Science repository
> at git.debian.org.
> 

When it is, if you let me know I'll add that information to the task too. 

Chris




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Bug#514485: ITP: globus-usage -- Globus Toolkit - Usage Library

[Chris Walker]

Steffen Moeller  writes:

> * Package name: globus-usage
> * URL : http://www.globus.org/
> * License : Apache 2
>   Programming Lang: C/C++
>   Description : Globus Toolkit - Usage Library
> 
Debian-science has been collecting packages useful for science into
task packages - for more information look at
wiki.debian.org/DebianScience

There isn't currently a grid task - but it might be an obvious thing
to add (or perhaps grid-client and grid-server tasks). If there are
other obvious candidate packages for such a task, perhaps you could
post them on debian-science too.

Chris



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Bug#505224: RFP: freecad -- An extensible CAx program (alpha)

[Chris Walker]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 02:37:31PM +0100, Robert Millan wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 11:42:07AM +0000, Chris Walker wrote:
> > Robert Millan  writes:
> > 
> > > Package: wnpp
> > > Severity: wishlist
> > > Owner: Robert Millan 
> > > 
> > > * Package name: freecad
> > 
> > 
> > I've added this package to the the engineering metapackage in
> > debian-science. It should appear at
> > http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/engineering.html when the
> > cron job next runs.
> > 
> > As you have prepared a preliminary package, I've treated this as an
> > ITP and put you down as responsible for the package. I can easily
> > remove you if you wish.
> > 
> > For those reading on Debian-science, more details of the package below. 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> There are long-standing license issues, which are being worked on by Adam
> Powell and others at the moment.  

Oh right - good luck. 

> Also, the package is maintained outside of
> the debian archives by Teemu Ikonen.  My preliminar work only served to
> incorporate some improvements in Teemu's tree.  Please leave this as RFP.

OK. 

Should I list Teemu Ikonen instead of/as well as you as the person
responsible?

Chris



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Bug#505224: RFP: freecad -- An extensible CAx program (alpha)

[Chris Walker]

Robert Millan  writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Robert Millan 
> 
> * Package name: freecad


I've added this package to the the engineering metapackage in
debian-science. It should appear at
http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/engineering.html when the
cron job next runs.

As you have prepared a preliminary package, I've treated this as an
ITP and put you down as responsible for the package. I can easily
remove you if you wish.

For those reading on Debian-science, more details of the package below. 

Chris

>   Version : 0.7.1672
> * URL : 
> http://juergen-riegel.net/FreeCAD/Docu/index.php?title=Main_Page
> * License : LGPLv2.1+
>   Programming Lang: C++, Python
>   Description : An extensible CAx program (alpha)
> 
>  FreeCAD is a CAx RAD based on OpenCasCade, Qt and Python.
>  It features some key concepts like macro recording, workbenches, ability
>  to run as a server and dynamically loadable application extensions and
>  it is designed to be platform independent.
>  .
>  Currently, FreeCAD can import and display CAD models in IGES, STEP, and
>  BRep formats and meshes in STL, BMS, AST and Wavefront OBJ formats.
>  Editing and modeling features are currently somewhat limited.
> 
> A preliminary package is available at:
> 
>   http://people.debian.org/~rmh/freecad/
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: lenny/sid
>   APT prefers unstable
>   APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
> Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
> 
> 
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Bug#513972: ITP: mlpost -- Objective Caml interface to Metapost

[Chris Walker]

On Tue, Feb 03, 2009 at 01:29:02AM +0100, St??phane Glondu wrote:
> Chris Walker a ??crit :
> > The package below looks interesting - so I've added it as a
> > prospective package to the debian-science typesetting task.
> 
> What do you mean?

That your package will shortly appear at:
http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/typesetting.html

To expand on this a little. Debian science is now providing
metapackages as a means of grouping together packages appropriate to
scientists. I've added your package to one of those metapackages. 

If you are a scientist and not subscribed to
debian-scie...@lists.debian.org perhaps you should join.

> 
> FYI, the package is almost ready at the Debian OCaml Team Git repository:
> 
>   http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/mlpost.git

Andreas,

I guess the appropriate field for this is: 
  Vcs-Browser: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-ocaml-maint/packages/mlpost.git

and possibly a
  Vcs-Git: 

field. 

Is it OK to add these? 
Will the tools do anything with them?

> 
> If you can understand French, 

I can. 

> there is a paper about it:
> 
>   http://www.lri.fr/~filliatr/ftp/publis/mlpost-fra.pdf

Thanks,

Chris









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Bug#513972: ITP: mlpost -- Objective Caml interface to Metapost

[Chris Walker]

Package: mlpost

The package below looks interesting - so I've added it as a
prospective package to the debian-science typesetting task.

I'm trying to be more proactive in adding things to the science tasks.

Chris

Stephane Glondu  writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Stephane Glondu 
> 
> * Package name: mlpost
>   Version : 0.5
>   Upstream Author : Jean-Christophe Filliâtre (and others)
> * URL : http://mlpost.lri.fr/
> * License : LGPL + OCaml linking exception
>   Programming Lang: OCaml
>   Description : Objective Caml interface to Metapost
> 
>  Mlpost is an OCaml library for scientific drawing. It relies on
>  Metapost, giving the possibility to include (La)TeX fragments.
>  Mlpost users can use the full power of OCaml to generate their
>  diagrams, including static typing and the possibility to use any
>  OCaml library. Moreover, Mlpost promotes a declarative style quite
>  different from existing tools.
> 
> -- System Information:
> Debian Release: 5.0
>   APT prefers testing
>   APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
> Architecture: i386 (i686)
> 
> 
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Bug#513608: ITP: avl -- Analyser for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic of rigid aircraft.

[Chris Walker]

Cross posted to debian-science. 

Loïc Fejoz  writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "Loïc Fejoz" 
> 
> * Package name: avl

I've taken the liberty of adding this to the science-engineering task -
see http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/engineering.html

Package description below for those reading this for the first time on
debian-science.

Chris

>   Version : 3.27-1
>   Upstream Author : Mark Drela 
> Harold Youngren  
> * URL : http://web.mit.edu/drela/Public/web/avl/
> * License : GPL
>   Programming Lang: Fortran77
>   Description : Analyser for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic of rigid 
> aircraft.
> 
> AVL is a program for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic analysis of rigid
> aircraft of arbitrary configuration. It employs an extended vortex lattice
> model for the lifting surfaces, together with a slender-body model for
> fuselages and nacelles. General nonlinear flight states can be specified. The
> flight dynamic analysis combines a full linearization of the aerodynamic model
> about any flight state, together with specified mass properties.
> 
> PS: The package will be maintain by the aeromelling maintainers team 
> .
> 



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Bug#513608: ITP: avl -- Analyser for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic of rigid aircraft.

[Chris Walker]

Loïc Fejoz  writes:

>   Description : Analyser for the aerodynamic and flight-dynamic of rigid 
> aircraft.

This looks ideal for the science/Engineering section of debian-science. 

If you could post it to the debian-science list when you have packaged
it, that would be useful. Indeed if you want help packaging it,
perhaps debian-science is an appropriate place to ask too.

Chris






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Bug#512930: ITP: jmol -- java molecular graphics system

[Chris Walker]

Vincent Fourmond  writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Vincent Fourmond 
> 
> * Package name: jmol

When you get this packaged, it would be useful if you could let the
debian-science mailing list: debian-scie...@lists.debian.org know. It
can then be added to the science-chemistry and/or science-physics
tasks.

Thanks, 

Chris





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Bug#508072: ITP: libtango -- tango library for the D programming language

[Chris Walker]

Markus Mahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Markus Mahlberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 
> * Package name: libtango
>   Version : 0.99.7
>   Upstream Author : The Tango Team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> * URL : http://www.dsource.org/projects/tango
> * License : Dual (Academic Free 3.0 or BSD)
>   Programming Lang: D
>   Description : tango library for the D programming language
> 
> Tango is a cross-platform open-source software library, written in the D
> programming language for D programmers. 

Is it related to the tango package
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=400201 for which a
preliminary package is available at
http://mentors.debian.net/cgi-bin/sponsor-pkglist?action=details;package=tango

> It is structured as a cohesive
> and comprehensive library for general purpose usage, and is supported by
> a growing number of recognized D enthusiasts. 


Chris



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Bug#497448: ITP: python-griddata -- Python function to interpolate irregularly spaced data to a grid

[Chris Walker]

On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 07:01:08PM +0200, Michael Hanke wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 02, 2008 at 04:31:55PM +0100, Chris Walker wrote:
> > Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > 
> > > * URL : http://code.google.com/p/griddata-python/
> > > * License : MITish
> > 
> > That URL claims the licence is "GNU General Public License v2"
> Yeah, but not all of it ... but read on.
> 
> > >  This module provides a single function, 'griddata', that fits a surface
> > >  to nonuniformly spaced data points. It behaves basically like its 
> > > equivalent
> > >  in Matlab.
> > 
> > 
> > How does this relate to the algorithm mentioned in
> > http://lwn.net/Articles/292979/ where it says:
> > 
> >  "Jeffrey Whitaker has added support for gridding irregularly spaced
> >  data using the Matlab (TM) equivalent griddata function.  This is a
> >  long-standing feature request for matplotlib and a major
> >  enhancement.  matplotlib now ships with Robert Kern's delaunay
> >  triangularization code (BSD license), which supports the default
> >  griddata implementation, but there are some known corner cases where
> >  this routine fails.  As such, Jeff has provided a python wrapper to
> >  the NCAR natgrid routines, whose licensing terms are a bit murkier,
> >  for those who need bullet proof gridding routines.  If the NCAR
> >  toolkit is installed, griddata will detect it and use it.  See
> >  http://matplotlib.sf.net/matplotlib.mlab.html#-griddata for details.
> >  Thanks Robert and Jeff."
> That seems to be exactly the same -- great! The griddata package would
> have contained NCAR, but under this circumstances it is not really
> necessary, IMHO.
> 

Further examination of
http://matplotlib.sf.net/matplotlib.mlab.html#-griddata suggests that
NCAR is not actually provided with matplotlib - so if you can surmount
the murkey licence problems (which presumably exist in your package
anyway) it would be useful to have in Debian (mind you if you can
surmount those, perhaps it can be in matplotlib proper).

If you do package it, then making sure it is available to matplotlib
would be nice.

Chris



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Bug#497448: ITP: python-griddata -- Python function to interpolate irregularly spaced data to a grid

[Chris Walker]

Michael Hanke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> * URL : http://code.google.com/p/griddata-python/
> * License : MITish

That URL claims the licence is "GNU General Public License v2"
> 
>  This module provides a single function, 'griddata', that fits a surface
>  to nonuniformly spaced data points. It behaves basically like its equivalent
>  in Matlab.


How does this relate to the algorithm mentioned in
http://lwn.net/Articles/292979/ where it says:

 "Jeffrey Whitaker has added support for gridding irregularly spaced
 data using the Matlab (TM) equivalent griddata function.  This is a
 long-standing feature request for matplotlib and a major
 enhancement.  matplotlib now ships with Robert Kern's delaunay
 triangularization code (BSD license), which supports the default
 griddata implementation, but there are some known corner cases where
 this routine fails.  As such, Jeff has provided a python wrapper to
 the NCAR natgrid routines, whose licensing terms are a bit murkier,
 for those who need bullet proof gridding routines.  If the NCAR
 toolkit is installed, griddata will detect it and use it.  See
 http://matplotlib.sf.net/matplotlib.mlab.html#-griddata for details.
 Thanks Robert and Jeff."


Chris

[1] Matplotlib is a python plotting library with plotting functions
that have a high degree of Matlab compatibility.



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