[Cdd-commits] r852 - in projects/science/trunk/debian-science: debian tasks

[CDD Subversion Commit]

Author: tille
Date: Mon Jun 23 10:35:51 2008
New Revision: 852

Modified:
   projects/science/trunk/debian-science/debian/changelog
   projects/science/trunk/debian-science/tasks/astronomy
Log:
There are packages listed that vanished for whatever reason from Debian.  I think we should not loose track on these and added some information about Homepage, latest packaging stuff and description.


Modified: projects/science/trunk/debian-science/debian/changelog
==============================================================================
--- projects/science/trunk/debian-science/debian/changelog	(original)
+++ projects/science/trunk/debian-science/debian/changelog	Mon Jun 23 10:35:51 2008
@@ -2,9 +2,7 @@
 
   * tasks/geography: removed hyphen from description
     Closes: #486929
-  * tasks/astronomy:
-    Moved gstar from Recommends to Ignore, because it seems to have
-    vanished from Debian
+  * tasks/astronomy: Added descriptions for packages that vanished from Debian
   * tasks/*: s/Depends/Recommens/ - this is done by current cdd-dev anyway
     The rationale for this behaviour is explained there.  It seems logical
     to state in the tasks files what finally is implemented.  We might think

Modified: projects/science/trunk/debian-science/tasks/astronomy
==============================================================================
--- projects/science/trunk/debian-science/tasks/astronomy	(original)
+++ projects/science/trunk/debian-science/tasks/astronomy	Mon Jun 23 10:35:51 2008
@@ -19,12 +19,62 @@
 Recommends: gpredict, stellarium, ssystem, xplanet,
          xplanet-images, celestia, kstars, starplot
 
-Ignore: gstar
-Why: Not available any more
-
-Suggests: spacechart, sunclock, xtide, xtide-data, xephem, stars
+Suggests: sunclock, xtide, xtide-data, stars
 Why: Took this over from education-astronomy
 
+Recommends: spacechart
+Homepage: http://www.gnu.org/software/spacechart/
+License: GPL
+Responsible: Francisco Garcia <franciscomanuel.garcia at hispalinux.es>
+Pkg-URL: http://packages.debian.org/en/etch/spacechart
+Pkg-Description: Star map viewer and navigator
+ SpaceChart is a program to display 3d maps of stars and move freely
+ around it. It is capable of showing only a subset of the stars in a
+ given data file, and only those within a given distance of the center
+ of the display. Also, it shows lines between stars that are closer than
+ a given distance. 
+ .
+ This project used to be an official Debian in Etch but vanished later
+ from the Debian pool of packaged software - for reasons that should be
+ clarified.  One reason might be that the development of this softare
+ is stalled since the beginning of 2002. The URL of the "unofficial"
+ package points to the location of the package in Etch.
+
+Recommends: xephem
+Homepage: http://www.clearskyinstitute.com/xephem/
+License: Non-free
+Responsible: Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pena <jfs at computer.org>
+Pkg-URL: http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/03/13/debian/pool/non-free/x/xephem/
+Pkg-Description: An interactive astronomical ephemeris for X.
+ Xephem is an interactive astronomical ephemeris program for X Windows
+ systems with Motif.  It provides many graphical views as well as
+ quantitative heliocentric, geocentric and topocentric information for
+ Earth satellites, solar system and celestial objects.
+ .
+ This project used to be an official Debian package in 2002 but vanished
+ from the Debian pool of packaged software (for reasons that should be
+ clarified).  The URL of the "unofficial" package points to the location
+ where the old package could be found on http://snapshot.debian.net.
+ .
+ There are later upstream versions than this Debian package available.
+
+Ignore: gstar
+Homepage: http://www.ecn.wfu.edu/~cottrell/gstar/
+License: GPL
+Responsible: Maintainer: Muhammad Hussain Yusuf <muhammad_yusuf at lineone.net>
+Pkg_URL: http://snapshot.debian.net/archive/2005/03/13/debian/pool/main/g/gstar/
+Pkg-Description: a gtk front-end for the starchart program
+ gstar is a gtk front-end for the "starchart" program (originally by Alan
+ Paeth, updated in 1990 by Craig Counterman) which generates high-quality
+ postscript charts of any chosen region of the sky. It also prints the current
+ Julian date and gives positions of the planets.
+ .
+ This project used to be an official Debian package in 2002 but vanished
+ from the Debian pool of packaged software - perhaps because it is outdated
+ and only reasonable in combination with spacechart.  The URL of the
+ "unofficial" package points to the location
+ where the old package could be found on http://snapshot.debian.net.
+
 Suggests: pdl, pgplot5, python-scientific, yorick
 Why: Already in science-viewing