Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Steffen Moeller <[email protected]>
* Package name : getdata Upstream Author : Steffen Moeller <[email protected]>, Charles Plessy <[email protected]> * URL : http://wiki.debian.org/getData * License : AGPL Programming Lang: Perl Description : retrieval, updating and indexing of public data collections getData (so its somewhat unfortunate runnign title) specifies a series of public datasets in astronomy and bioinformatics to allow the data's * download * updates * indexing * specification of dependencies on other Debian packages and other databases The script depends on wget for the download. Other Debian packages have been created that depend on getData. A config directory in /etc will incrementally accept more and more specifications of external databases and a post-install script will then call getDat perform the installation. The script is straight forward in its implementation and seems well-documented. It is therefore easily extended by the community. The challenge now is to find a better name than a mere "getData" - or are you all happy about it? Steffen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
