Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-31 Thread Jacob Carlborg via Digitalmars-d-learn

On 2021-03-25 05:00, Chris Piker wrote:

I've attempted to follow all guidelines as best I understood them, but 
this is my first package.  It likely has some style and functionality 
issues.


There's a general convention to name the top level module or package the 
same as the project. To avoid causing conflict with other projects.


I see that you have used DStep to create the bindings. I also see that 
you had to make some changes to the output. Please report any issues or 
enhancement requests to [1].


I you need any DStep specific help or have any questions, please ask 
here in the learn forum or on the DStep specific discussions section 
(which I just enabled) on GitHub [2]. I'll do my best to help you.


[1] https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dstep
[2] https://github.com/jacob-carlborg/dstep/discussions

--
/Jacob Carlborg


Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-25 Thread Chris Piker via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Friday, 26 March 2021 at 00:50:36 UTC, Jordan Wilson wrote:
Nice one. I've used HDF5/NetCDF, will have to check out and see 
what CDF offers.


AFAIK CDF is much simpler than NetCDF.  If you do generate CDF 
files and want other common tools to understand your data 
structures, use the ISTP metadata scheme:


  https://spdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/istp_guide/istp_guide.html

Since deimos.cdf just provides C bindings and type safety, a 
higher level module would be nicer.  Currently, the most natural 
interface to CDF files that I've used is the spacepy.pycdf python 
package.








Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-25 Thread Jordan Wilson via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 04:00:33 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:

On Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 05:54:13 UTC, mw wrote:

[...]


Okay, that's done.

The repo https://github.com/das-developers/deimos.cdf and 
package https://code.dlang.org/packages/cdf have been drafted 
and tested on Linux, I'm about to test on Windows and MacOS.  
As an aside, software developers at NASA Goddard have now heard 
of D which is nice.  They were pleased to see that it was 
supported by gcc. (Hat tip to the GDC team)


I've attempted to follow all guidelines as best I understood 
them, but this is my first package.  It likely has some style 
and functionality issues.  Is there a peer review stage to this 
process that is triggered automatically or could be requested?


Nice one. I've used HDF5/NetCDF, will have to check out and see 
what CDF offers.


Jordan


Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-25 Thread Chris Piker via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 16:57:05 UTC, Bastiaan Veelo wrote:

On Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 04:00:33 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
As an aside, software developers at NASA Goddard have now 
heard of D which is nice.  They were pleased to see that it 
was supported by gcc. (Hat tip to the GDC team)


That’s cool. I’d love to see NASA on 
https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html one day.


— Bastiaan.


I'd like that too, we'll see.

The next set of NASA C code that needs bindings is the navigation 
library at https://naif.jpl.nasa.gov/naif/index.html.  This is an 
older library and so it isn't listed in the expected location 
https://software.nasa.gov/


A next step for the the CDF bindings would be to parse the 
existing external text documentation for each function and output 
ddoc comments.  Text processing is not my forte so any hints or 
volunteers are more than welcome.  I'll open an issue for that on 
github.




Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-25 Thread Bastiaan Veelo via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 04:00:33 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
As an aside, software developers at NASA Goddard have now heard 
of D which is nice.  They were pleased to see that it was 
supported by gcc. (Hat tip to the GDC team)


That’s cool. I’d love to see NASA on 
https://dlang.org/orgs-using-d.html one day.


— Bastiaan.


Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-25 Thread mw via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Thursday, 25 March 2021 at 04:00:33 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:
The repo https://github.com/das-developers/deimos.cdf and 
package https://code.dlang.org/packages/cdf have been drafted 
and tested on Linux, I'm about to test on Windows and MacOS.  
As an aside, software developers at NASA Goddard have now heard 
of D which is nice.  They were pleased to see that it was 
supported by gcc. (Hat tip to the GDC team)




Thanks for the contribution.

I've attempted to follow all guidelines as best I understood 
them, but this is my first package.  It likely has some style 
and functionality issues.  Is there a peer review stage to this 
process that is triggered automatically or could be requested?


No, D packages is mostly community driven, there is no formal 
process.


The more users use one package, the more feedback one will get, 
typically logged as  github issues, and people communicate on 
github.


You can check some of the most popular packages here:

https://code.dlang.org/?sort=score


Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-24 Thread Chris Piker via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 05:54:13 UTC, mw wrote:

On Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 05:34:57 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:

Create a github repo, and create an account on:

https://code.dlang.org/

Then you can register your project there, and supported by dub 
build.


Okay, that's done.

The repo https://github.com/das-developers/deimos.cdf and package 
https://code.dlang.org/packages/cdf have been drafted and tested 
on Linux, I'm about to test on Windows and MacOS.  As an aside, 
software developers at NASA Goddard have now heard of D which is 
nice.  They were pleased to see that it was supported by gcc. 
(Hat tip to the GDC team)


I've attempted to follow all guidelines as best I understood 
them, but this is my first package.  It likely has some style and 
functionality issues.  Is there a peer review stage to this 
process that is triggered automatically or could be requested?




Re: Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-22 Thread mw via Digitalmars-d-learn

On Tuesday, 23 March 2021 at 05:34:57 UTC, Chris Piker wrote:

Hi D

There is a C library that's important for my line of work,

  https://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/

but it's not exactly a popular library in the general sense.  I 
willing to contribute & maintain D bindings for this library 
following the Deimos guidelines but am wondering if it's too 
specific to be allowed into the repository.


If D bindings for the Common Data Format library are an 
acceptable addition, can you point me to a procedure document 
for issuing pull requests for package submissions?


Thanks for the guidance,


Create a github repo, and create an account on:

https://code.dlang.org/


Then you can register your project there, and supported by dub 
build.




Contributing CDF bindings to Deimos

2021-03-22 Thread Chris Piker via Digitalmars-d-learn

Hi D

There is a C library that's important for my line of work,

  https://cdf.gsfc.nasa.gov/

but it's not exactly a popular library in the general sense.  I 
willing to contribute & maintain D bindings for this library 
following the Deimos guidelines but am wondering if it's too 
specific to be allowed into the repository.


If D bindings for the Common Data Format library are an 
acceptable addition, can you point me to a procedure document for 
issuing pull requests for package submissions?


Thanks for the guidance,