On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 05:46:23PM +0100, chrisw wrote: > On Sun, Jun 29, 2008 at 04:30:35PM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote: > > On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, Chris Walker wrote: > > > > >For example http://cdd.alioth.debian.org/science/tasks/physics.php lists > > >packages to do Finite element analysis, optical simulation, xray > > >absorption spectroscopy, ab inito quantum mechanics and computer algebra. > > > > > >I propose to post to this list or the wiki a list of potential > > >subcategories along with packages that would go in them, and see wheres > > >we go from there.
And here it is. == Overview == I find that categorising packages into just physics/chemistry/maths is not quite granular enough. It would be nice to have better granularity - and I think that debtags is probably the way to go here. What do other people think? The debtags available don't seem to have quite enough granularity - but perhaps I've missed something - so I've knocked up a very incomplete list of sections that packages might drop into. Nb all the packages here have been packaged for debian. I guess the main thing I'm aiming for is some discussion of whether there is need for addition package tags, or perhaps I've missed something. Comments? == Physics == field::physics === Finite Element Analysis === proposed -- field::physics:fea (it isn't clear to me that this should be in physics rather than engineering, so maybe field::fea would be better) Exotk Code_Aster OpenFoam OpenFLOWer Salome === Diffraction/crystal structure solution === (all the below are listed as having unofficial packages by Carlo Segre). mpr peak fitting and x-ray diffraction data viewer expgui GUI for GSAS (OK for Debian but GSAS isn't) fox crystal structure solution mcmaille x-ray structure solution tpf x-ray profile refinement xgen macromolecular crystallography === Particle Physics === CERNLIB == Chemistry === field::chemistry === Structure calculation === ==== Abinitio ==== (should DFT be listed separately here? Abinit (currently under physics) MPQC psi ==== Semi Empirical ==== mopac === Molecular graphics === Bkchem rasmol pymol Gabedit (possibly also referenced in abinitio) Chemtool garlic gchempaint grcystal Gdis jmol == Maths == ===Symbolic calculation === maxima ===Matlab like === octave pdl matplotlib scilab == Data Acquisition == libcomedi libgpib -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]