Bug#413605: ITP: qfits -- Library offering easy access to FITS files

[Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Aurelien Jarno <aurel32@debian.org>

* Package name    : qfits
  Version         : 6.2.0
  Upstream Author : Yves Jung <yjung@eso.org>
* URL             : ftp://ftp.hq.eso.org/pub/qfits/
* License         : GPL
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : Library offering easy access to FITS files

 FITS (Flexible Image Transport System) is a data format most used in
 astronomy.
 .
 qfits is a stand-alone library written in C to interact with files
 complying with the FITS format. It is fast and portable over any
 kind of POSIX-compliant platform. Functionalities offered by this
 library are:
  * Header queries (get keywords, values).
  * Header manipulation (load/modify/save).
  * Header/data offset queries.
  * Pixel loading/saving to memory.
  * Support for files of any dimension (NAXIS).
  * Support for FITS extensions, including ASCII and binary tables.
 .
  Homepage: http://www.eso.org/projects/aot/qfits/

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 4.0
  APT prefers unstable
  APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell:  /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.18-3-xen-amd64
Locale: LANG=fr_FR.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_FR.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)