Bug#694418: Fwd: Bug#694418: ITP: fits -- Java library for the I/O handling of FITS files

2012-12-11 Thread Steffen Möller
Hello, as ole already mentioned the source package name is far too generic. I'm not familiar with java packaging policies, but I would also expect nom.tam to appear somewhere in the package name or description. It would make it clear on first sight which java fits library it is. I coudl not

Bug#694418: ITP: fits -- Java library for the I/O handling of FITS files

2012-11-30 Thread Jérémy Lal
On 30/11/2012 14:41, Florian Rothmaier wrote: Am 26.11.2012 17:10, schrieb Olе Streicher: * Since the original code is under PD, would you consider to put the Debian package under a less restrictive license than GPL? I sent a mail to debian-legal to ask which license should be chosen for

Bug#694418: ITP: fits -- Java library for the I/O handling of FITS files

2012-11-27 Thread Olе Streicher
Hi Florian, Florian Rothmaier froth...@ari.uni-heidelberg.de writes: * Package name: fits [...] * License : public-domain Some short comments: * I would not name the (source) package fits since this is too short and misleading (I would expect a generic fits handling package

Bug#694418: ITP: fits -- Java library for the I/O handling of FITS files

2012-11-26 Thread Florian Rothmaier
Package: wnpp Severity: wishlist Owner: Florian Rothmaier froth...@ari.uni-heidelberg.de * Package name: fits Version : 1.10.0 Upstream Author : Thomas A. McGlynn thomas.a.mcgl...@nasa.gov * URL : http://heasarc.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/heasarc/fits/java/ * License :

Bug#694418: Fwd: Bug#694418: ITP: fits -- Java library for the I/O handling of FITS files

2012-11-26 Thread Julian Taylor
hi, as ole already mentioned the source package name is far too generic. I'm not familiar with java packaging policies, but I would also expect nom.tam to appear somewhere in the package name or description. It would make it clear on first sight which java fits library it is. -- To