Re: roxen/spinner and xephem?
In your email to me, Mark Eichin, you wrote:
>
> ahh, when I saw it mentioned on the gnu.org website I assumed it was
> more stable. Thanks for clearing that up. (Does it use mit-provenzano
> threads, or LinuxThreads? I'm re-packaging the former for gnat, as
> 3.09 still uses it...)
Actually, it's not threaded at all. That seems to be part of the problem.
Also, for some people, it's amazingly stable. For some, it's
problematic. Most software for linux is standardizing on linuxthreads.
> xephem is an *amazing* starchart program, that includes
> planetary-motion plots (both ground view and space view; the
> combination of info is particularly useful for things like helping
> figure out where and when you can see Hale Bopp, for example.)
That sounds cool. I'll have to check it out!
Tim
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