Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Chad Gilbert <chad.s.gilb...@gmail.com> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-de...@lists.debian.org debian-scie...@lists.debian.org
* Package name : bellhop Version : 2022_4_20 Upstream Author : Michael Porter <mikepor...@hlsresearch.com> * URL : http://oalib.hlsresearch.com/AcousticsToolbox/ * License : GPL Programming Lang: Fortran 90 Description : predict acoustic pressure fields in ocean environments. Bellhop is released as part of the Acoustics Toolbox from Heat, Light, and Sound Research and released under GPL v3. It runs as a command line program, taking in a sound-speed profile or field. Outputs can be ray coordinates, travel time, aplitude, eigenrays, acoustic pressure, or transmission loss. This is useful for various applications in underwater acoustics analysis and prediction analysis. I am interested in packaging this software because I have work colleagues who use it, whom I am supporting anyway. I am also learning to use bellhop. It is inconvenient for some to have to build Bellhop before use, and would seem more reasonable to be distributed as a Debian package. If I'm going to do that work, why not share it with everyone? At this point I have no plan to package the rest of the Acoustic Toolbox. Though if packaging and supporting bellhop does not prove onerous, and there is demand, I would consider packaging the rest down the road. This is my first look at packaging for Debian; however, bellhop seems like an ideal place to get my feet wet: it is a simple command-line application that brings in very few dependencies. I am a longtime user (though admittedly mostly downstream in Ubuntu) and appreciate what the community does (thank you all). I will need a sponsor to make the contribution. Cheers! Chad
