Re: Bug#308533: ITP: gstat -- A program for multivariable geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation

[Dirk Eddelbuettel <edd@debian.org>]

Howdy,

Francesco Paolo Lovergine <frankie <at> debian.org> writes:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "Francesco P. Lovergine" <frankie <at> debian.org>
> 
> * Package name    : gstat
>   Version         : 2.4.4
>   Upstream Author : Edzer J. Pebesma <e.pebesma <at> geog.uu.nl> et al.
> * URL             : http://www.gstat.org/
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : A program for multivariable geostatistical modelling,
prediction and simulation
> 
> Gstat is an open source (GPL) computer code for multivariable
> geostatistical modelling, prediction and simulation, and has been around
> from  1997. In the original  form, gstat  is a  stand-alone executable,
> interfaced to various GIS (including GRASS 6). 
> As  of 2003, the gstat functionaly  is also available as an S extension, 
> either as R package or S-Plus library.

Do you intend to package this as r-cran-gstat, in-line with the numerous other
R packages based on CRAN sources?

I'm just asking as gstat is also part of CRAN, e.g. can be found on
http://cran.r-project.org/src/contrib/ and its mirrros.   We have a 
never-quite-finalized Debian R Policy draft that several of us adhere 
to, and that we plan to expand -- i.e. we're working on getting all of
CRAN auto-built (and apt-get'able, though not necessarily inside Debian 
as adding 500+ packages may be madness). 

Feel free to follow-up off-line if you have questions.

Cheers,  Dirk