[fedora-astronomy] Astronomy package collection and Spin status

Sun Mar 29 10:17:52 UTC 2009

Lubomir Rintel wrote:
> Hey nerds,
> 
> here's the list of source and binary packages that are somehow related
> to the Astronomy SIG and which will be used as a base for the Astronomy
> spin.
> 
> Please note the "L" letter near the binary package name. It means that
> the package is listed in the Astronomy spin kickstart file. If it isn't,
> it might still be dragged to the the media as a dependency (*-libs
> packages). The package might be excluded due size constraints (some
> *-doc packages), the size information is included in the list as well. 
> 
> There might still be packages missing, and that's the exact purpose of
> this mail -- if you feel that package that you use or want on the media
> is missing, please yell aloud!

SolarModel!

> Astronomy spin is in works now. It certainly won't make it to the beta
> along with Everything spin, yet the collection of the packages seems
> usable enough. We have more than enough to fit on the live media :)
> 
> Information about bugs open against Astronomy packages is included as
> well. Nothing serious there though.
> 
> Finally -- if you spot errors in the Summaries of the packages, they may
> be already fixed, this list was generated against dist-rawhide which
> targets Beta and was frozen some time ago.
> 
> accrete
> 	[ L] accrete [Accrete is a physical simulation of solar system planet formation] (size 15243)
> 
> astronomy-bookmarks
> 	[ L] astronomy-bookmarks [Fedora astronomy bookmarks] (size 3696)
> 
> 	#480513 [NEW] typo in astronomy's bookmarks.html (Marek Mahut)
> 
> boinc-client
> 	[  ] boinc-client-devel [Development files for boinc-client] (size 393189)
> 	[DL] boinc-manager [GUI to control and monitor boinc-client] (size 1787933)
> 	[ L] boinc-client [The BOINC client core] (size 1011345)
> 
> 	#469476 [ASSIGNED] boinc_client fails to have network connectivity after reboot (Milos Jakubicek)
> 	#477882 [ASSIGNED] boincmgr attach to project screen is unuseable. (Milos Jakubicek)
> 	#478712 [ASSIGNED] "Simple view" buttons - text is clipped (Milos Jakubicek)
> 
> celestia
> 	[DL] celestia [OpenGL real-time visual space simulation] (size 24235710)
> 
> 	#491923 [NEW] Please capitalize desktop entry name (Steven Pritchard)
> 
> cloudy
> 	[  ] cloudy-docs [Documentation for cloudy, includes full API docs] (size 126365033)
> 	[  ] cloudy-libs [Cloudy runtime libraries] (size 12002605)
> 	[  ] cloudy-devel [Headers for developing programs that will use cloudy] (size 25174)
> 	[ L] cloudy [Spectral synthesis code to simulate conditions in interstellar matter] (size 9487540)
> 
> corrida
> 	[DL] corrida [Application for archivation of meteor observations] (size 1599430)
> 
> cpl
> 	[  ] cpl-devel [Libraries, includes, etc. used to develop an application with cpl] (size 57578)
> 	[ L] cpl [ESO library for automated astronomical data-reduction tasks] (size 365614)
> 
> ds9
> 	[DL] ds9 [Astronomical Data Visualization Application] (size 2171199)
> 
> extrema
> 	[ L] extrema-help [Help files for Extrema] (size 1866986)
> 	[DL] extrema [Extrema is a powerful visualization and data analysis tool] (size 4953943)
> 
> funtools
> 	[  ] funtools-tcl [Funtools TCL interface] (size 261469)
> 	[  ] funtools-libs [A general purpose FITS library] (size 268776)
> 	[  ] funtools-devel [Headers for developing programs that will use funtools] (size 630427)
> 	[ L] funtools [FITS library and utilities] (size 921507)
> 
> gcx
> 	[DL] gcx [Data-reduction tool for CCD photometry] (size 348307)
> 
> ggobi
> 	[  ] ggobi-devel [Open source visualization for exploring high-dimensional data] (size 64845)
> 	[DL] ggobi [Open source visualization for exploring high-dimensional data] (size 692407)
> 
> gnuradio
> 	[  ] usrp-devel [Universal Software Radio Peripheral] (size 17058)
> 	[ L] usrp [Universal Software Radio Peripheral] (size 1999082)
> 	[ L] gnuradio-examples [GNU Radio] (size 109657)
> 	[  ] gnuradio-doc [GNU Radio] (size 47813734)
> 	[  ] gnuradio-devel [GNU Radio] (size 305402)
> 	[ L] gnuradio [Software defined radio framework] (size 2933196)
> 
> 	#443921 [NEW] provide gnuradio for EL5 (Marek Mahut)
> 	#488046 [NEW] fails with python 2.6 and onwards (Marek Mahut)
> 
> gpredict
> 	[DL] gpredict [Real-time satellite tracking and orbit prediction program] (size 1532998)
> 
> grc
> 	[DL] grc [GUI for Gnuradio] (size 138596)
> 
> jday
> 	[  ] jday-devel [Development files for jday] (size 4689)
> 	[ L] jday [A simple command to convert calendar dates to julian dates] (size 18124)
> 
> justmoon
> 	[  ] justmoon-common [Data files for Just Moon, a lunar observing software] (size 935384)
> 	[D ] justmoon-qt [QT frontend for Just Moon, a lunar observing software] (size 26237)
> 	[DL] justmoon-gtk [GTK+ frontend for Just Moon, a lunar observing software] (size 17264)
> 
> 	#485868 [NEW] .desktop menu entry has wrong/missing categories (Lubomir Rintel)
> 
> kdeedu
> 	[D ] kdeedu-math [Math applications] (size 3677004)
> 	[D ] kdeedu-marble [A World Atlas] (size 18870240)
> 	[DL] kdeedu-kstars [Desktop Planetarium] (size 10733103)
> 	[  ] kdeedu-devel [Developer files for kdeedu] (size 112932)
> 	[  ] kdeedu-libs [Runtime libraries for kdeedu] (size 360218)
> 	[D ] kdeedu [Educational/Edutainment applications] (size 25760275)
> 
> 	#439543 [ASSIGNED] kstars live-locks just after startup (Ngo Than)
> 	#487550 [ASSIGNED] kdeedu libs conflict with yum update of 2009-02-25 (Ngo Than)
> 	#491390 [ASSIGNED] gpsd 2.39 soname bump (Ngo Than)
> 
> libindi
> 	[  ] libindi-devel [Libraries, includes, etc. used to develop an application with libindi] (size 48011)
> 	[  ] libindi [Instrument Neutral Distributed Interface] (size 673608)
> 
> mars-sim
> 	[  ] mars-sim-javadoc [Javadocs for mars-sim] (size 1053953)
> 	[DL] mars-sim [Mars Simulation Project] (size 13813694)
> 
> 	#485360 [ASSIGNED] .desktop menu entry has wrong/missing categories (Lubomir Rintel)
> 
> munipack
> 	[  ] munipack-devel [Libraries/include files for cmunipack] (size 110316)
> 	[ L] munipack [The C-Munipack is an astrophotometry software package] (size 447258)
> 
> nexcontrol
> 	[ L] nexcontrol [Software to control your Celestron NexStar Telescope] (size 11197)
> 
> nightfall
> 	[DL] nightfall [Nightfall is an astronomy application for emulation of eclipsing stars] (size 879031)
> 
> nightview
> 	[  ] nightview-doc [Documentation for NightView suite] (size 747842)
> 	[D ] nightview-gui [GUI tools from NightView suite] (size 270377)
> 	[  ] nightview-cli [Non-GUI tools from NightView suite] (size 89982)
> 	[  ] nightview-server [Server-side tools from NightView suite] (size 61249)
> 	[ L] nightview [A general astronomical software package to control of a CCD camera] (size 15943)
> 
> openuniverse
> 	[DL] openuniverse [OpenGL space simulator focused on the Solar System] (size 4251673)
> 
> opticalraytracer
> 	[DL] opticalraytracer [Utility that analyzes systems of lenses] (size 94298)
> 
> orsa
> 	[  ] orsa-devel [Development files for orsa] (size 27271)
> 	[ L] orsa [Orbit Reconstruction, Simulation and Analysis] (size 842430)
> 
> planets
> 	[DL] planets [A celestial simulator] (size 336375)
> 
> pp3
> 	[ L] pp3 [Creation of sky charts in Postscript or PDF format] (size 1864856)
> 
> python-numdisplay
> 	[  ] python-numdisplay [Visualize numpy array objects in ds9] (size 51506)
> 
> redmode
> 	[DL] redmode [Switch to and from night red mode] (size 11154)
> 
> rmap
> 	[ L] rmap [Rmap is a package that is able to generate images of the earth from a distance] (size 9191298)
> 
> saoimage
> 	[DL] saoimage [Utility for displaying astronomical images] (size 553873)
> 
> sextractor
> 	[ L] sextractor [Extract catalogs of sources from astronomical images] (size 593400)
> 
> siril
> 	[ L] siril [Siril is an astronomical image processing software for Linux] (size 156115)
> 
> skychart
> 	[DL] skychart [Planetarium software for the advanced amateur astronomer] (size 11538802)
> 
> spacechart
> 	[DL] spacechart [A 3D star-mapping program] (size 210991)
> 
> starlab
> 	[  ] starlab-libs [Development files for starlab] (size 743588)
> 	[  ] starlab-devel [Development files for starlab] (size 110185)
> 	[ L] starlab [A Software Environment for Collisional Stellar Dynamics] (size 643523)
> 
> 	#472616 [ASSIGNED] Conflict with freeze (Lubomir Rintel)
> 
> starplot
> 	[DL] starplot [3-dimensional perspective star map viewer] (size 649319)
> 
> 
> 
> 
> stellarium
> 	[DL] stellarium [Photo-realistic nightsky renderer] (size 33648635)
> 	[ L] stellarium-doc [The user guide about Stellarium] (size 1268489)
> 
> swarp
> 	[ L] swarp [Tool that resamples and co-adds together FITS images] (size 1610087)
> 
> wcslib
> 
> wcstools
> 	[  ] wcstools-devel [Libraries, includes, etc. used to develop an application with wcstools] (size 80928)
> 	[  ] wcstools-libs [Wcstools shared library] (size 332010)
> 	[ L] wcstools [Software utilities to display and manipulate the WCS of a FITS image] (size 357998)
> 
> xstar
> 	[ L] xstar-xscreensaver [XScreenSaver support for xstar] (size 3912)
> 	[ L] xstar [Program that simulates the movement of stars] (size 223697)
> 
> xvarstar
> 	[DL] xvarstar [XVarStar is an astronomical program used for searching GCVS] (size 997374)
> 
> Legend:
> 	[D ] Has a Desktop entry
> 	[ L] Present on the Live media
> 
> Regards,

-- 
Marek Mahut               https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SIGs/Astronomy/
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