Bug#361418: Debian menu and the Apps/Science section
I went on and made a list of applications that are currently found in
"Science" [science] and another one with these applications roughly
sorted into sections [science_sorted].
The short version:
Analysis [10]
Astronomy [12]
Biology [16]
Chemistry [11]
Geoscience [5]
Medicine [1]
Physics [5]
Social [0]
Undetermined [4]
Total: 64
Note that this is a number of different _packages_ that contain entries
in "Science". Many packages contain more than one entry, some are built
from single source, etc. Take with a grain of salt.
Now more on my findings.
I was surprised not to find a single application suitable for "Social"
section. There certainly are some, but they seem to be scattered all
over the menu. "gnomesword" is in "Education", for example.
There may be intersection between "Text", found in current menu draft,
and what "Social" should be. Currently "Text" mostly contains
dictionaries, but if "Social" is to be created, it is likely to contain
dictionaries only. Therefore "Text" needs to be revisited.
I have only located a single medicine-related application, but there are
more in other sections. The whole bunch of gnumed-* packages is a good
example.
I added another section named "Analysis", that contains general data
analysis/plotting/calculation applications. I find them very similar to
what is found in "Math", so I consider moving "Mathematics" to "Science"
a good idea.
"Undetermined" is by no means a section name. This is where I listed
applications that I think might belong to some other section, or could
not determine an appropriate one.
klogic - electronics
megahal - ???
pybliographer - data management
praat - ???
In my previous post I suggested moving "Electronics" and "Engineering"
to "Science". My words are still valid.
I would prefer to continue this discussion on debian-policy, as it is
getting hard to follow.
arb - [Biology] Integrated package for data handling and analysis
avida-qt-viewer - qt viewer for avida
blast2 - Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
boxshade - [Biology] Pretty-printing of multiple sequence alignments
cassbeam - A program for Cassegrain antenna modelling
celestia - A real-time visual space simulation (KDE frontend)
celestia-glut - A real-time visual space simulation (GLUT frontend)
celestia-gnome - A real-time visual space simulation (Gnome frontend)
chemtool - Chemical structures drawing program
clustalw - [Biology] Global multiple nucleotide or peptide sequence alignment
clustalx - [Biology] GUI for clustalw
dx - OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - main package
earth3d - Map client displaying a 3D model of the world
fityk - general-purpose nonlinear curve fitting and data analysis
g3data - extract data from scanned graphs
garlic - A visualization program for biomolecules
gdis - molecular display
gdpc - visualiser of molecular dynamic simulations
ghemical - A GNOME molecular modelling environment
gperiodic - periodic table application
ifrit - a powerful tool for visualizing 3-dimensional data sets
imview - Image viewing and analysis application
ygraph - Visualize one-dimensional scientific data
kalzium - chemistry teaching tool for KDE
kboincspy - monitoring utility for the BOINC client
klogic - digital circuit editor and simulator for KDE
kstars - desktop planetarium for KDE
kst-bin - A KDE application used for displaying scientific data
kxterm - Cernlib's KUIP terminal emulator
leksbot - An explanatory dictionary of botanic and biological terms
libncbi6-dev - NCBI libraries for biology applications (development files)
lynkeos.app - Tool to process planetary astronomical images for GNUstep
loki - [Biology] MCMC linkage analysis on general pedigrees
megahal - conversation simulator that can learn as you talk to it
mn-fit - interactive analysis package for fitting data and histograms
mssstest - Normalisation of disease scores for patients with Multiple Sclerosis
ncbi-tools-bin - NCBI libraries for biology applications (text-based utilities)
ncbi-tools-x11 - NCBI libraries for biology applications (X-based utilities)
njplot - [Biology] A tree drawing program
paje.app - generic visualization tool (Gantt chart and more)
paw - Physics Analysis Workstation - a graphical analysis program
paw++ - Physics Analysis Workstation (Lesstif-enhanced version)
perlprimer - [Biology] graphical design of primers for PCR
pybliographer - tool for manipulating bibliographic databases
pymol - An OpenGL Molecular Graphics System written in Python
polyxmass-bin - Mass spectrometry framework - GUI program
praat - program for speech analysis and synthesis
qgis - Geographic Information System (GIS)
qtdmm - GUI for digital multimeter
rasmol - Visualize biological macromolecules
saods9 - image display tool for astronomy
seaview - [Biology] A multiple sequence alignment editor
spacechart - Star map viewer and navigator
starplot - 3-dimensional perspective star map viewer
stars - star map program that draws the night sky
stellarium - real-time photo-realistic sky generator
survex-aven - sophisticated cave survey viewer for Survex
survex-svxedit - survey data editor for Survex
therion - Cave surveying - 2D and 3D drawing software
viewmol - A graphical front end for computational chemistry programs.
xdrawchem - Chemical structures and reactions editor
xmakemol - A program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems
xmakemol-gl - A program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems
xorsa - tool for Celestial Mechanics investigations
Analysis [10]
dx - OpenDX (IBM Visualization Data Explorer) - main package
fityk - general-purpose nonlinear curve fitting and data analysis
g3data - extract data from scanned graphs
imview - Image viewing and analysis application
ygraph - Visualize one-dimensional scientific data
kboincspy - monitoring utility for the BOINC client
kst-bin - A KDE application used for displaying scientific data
mn-fit - interactive analysis package for fitting data and histograms
paje.app - generic visualization tool (Gantt chart and more)
qtdmm - GUI for digital multimeter
Astronomy [12]
cassbeam - A program for Cassegrain antenna modelling
celestia - A real-time visual space simulation (KDE frontend)
celestia-glut - A real-time visual space simulation (GLUT frontend)
celestia-gnome - A real-time visual space simulation (Gnome frontend)
kstars - desktop planetarium for KDE
lynkeos.app - Tool to process planetary astronomical images for GNUstep
saods9 - image display tool for astronomy
spacechart - Star map viewer and navigator
starplot - 3-dimensional perspective star map viewer
stars - star map program that draws the night sky
stellarium - real-time photo-realistic sky generator
xorsa - tool for Celestial Mechanics investigations
Biology [16]
arb - [Biology] Integrated package for data handling and analysis
avida-qt-viewer - qt viewer for avida
blast2 - Basic Local Alignment Search Tool
boxshade - [Biology] Pretty-printing of multiple sequence alignments
clustalw - [Biology] Global multiple nucleotide or peptide sequence alignment
clustalx - [Biology] GUI for clustalw
garlic - A visualization program for biomolecules
leksbot - An explanatory dictionary of botanic and biological terms
libncbi6-dev - NCBI libraries for biology applications (development files)
loki - [Biology] MCMC linkage analysis on general pedigrees
ncbi-tools-bin - NCBI libraries for biology applications (text-based utilities)
ncbi-tools-x11 - NCBI libraries for biology applications (X-based utilities)
njplot - [Biology] A tree drawing program
perlprimer - [Biology] graphical design of primers for PCR
rasmol - Visualize biological macromolecules
seaview - [Biology] A multiple sequence alignment editor
Chemistry [11]
chemtool - Chemical structures drawing program
gdis - molecular display
ghemical - A GNOME molecular modelling environment
gperiodic - periodic table application
kalzium - chemistry teaching tool for KDE
pymol - An OpenGL Molecular Graphics System written in Python
polyxmass-bin - Mass spectrometry framework - GUI program
viewmol - A graphical front end for computational chemistry programs.
xdrawchem - Chemical structures and reactions editor
xmakemol - A program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems
xmakemol-gl - A program for visualizing atomic and molecular systems
Geoscience [5]
earth3d - Map client displaying a 3D model of the world
qgis - Geographic Information System (GIS)
survex-aven - sophisticated cave survey viewer for Survex
survex-svxedit - survey data editor for Survex
therion - Cave surveying - 2D and 3D drawing software
Medicine [1]
mssstest - Normalisation of disease scores for patients with Multiple Sclerosis
Physics [5]
gdpc - visualiser of molecular dynamic simulations
ifrit - a powerful tool for visualizing 3-dimensional data sets
kxterm - Cernlib's KUIP terminal emulator
paw - Physics Analysis Workstation - a graphical analysis program
paw++ - Physics Analysis Workstation (Lesstif-enhanced version)
Social [0]
Undetermined [4]
klogic - digital circuit editor and simulator for KDE
megahal - conversation simulator that can learn as you talk to it
pybliographer - tool for manipulating bibliographic databases
praat - program for speech analysis and synthesis
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