Bug#659984: ITP: starlink-libpal -- Position Astronomy Library

[Ole Streicher <debian@liska.ath.cx>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ole Streicher <debian@liska.ath.cx>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org, debian-science@lists.debian.org


* Package name    : starlink-libpal
  Version         : 0.1.0
  Upstream Author : Tim Jenness <t.jenness@jach.hawaii.edu>
* URL             : http://starlink.jach.hawaii.edu/starlink
* License         : LGPLv2+
  Programming Language: C
  Description     : Position Astronomy Library
 This library is a collection of code designed to aid in
 replacing the SLA library with code from NOVAS and SOFA.
 .
 Where possible the API is similar to the slalib
 except for the use of a "pal" prefix.

The goal of this package is to provide a modern alternative to the
slalib. Future versions of starlib-libast
<http://bugs.debian.org/657957> will be built using this library instead
of slalib <http://bugs.debian.org/659003>

This package is built in preparation to build saods9
<http://bugs.debian.org/655648>.