Bug#1014204: ITP: bellhop -- predict acoustic pressure fields in ocean environments
Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Chad Gilbert <chad.s.gilbert@gmail.com>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org debian-science@lists.debian.org
* Package name : bellhop
Version : 2022_4_20
Upstream Author : Michael Porter <mikeporter@hlsresearch.com>
* URL : http://oalib.hlsresearch.com/AcousticsToolbox/
* License : GPL
Programming Lang: Fortran 90
Description : predict acoustic pressure fields in ocean environments.
Bellhop is released as part of the Acoustics Toolbox from Heat, Light,
and Sound Research and released under GPL v3. It runs as a command line
program, taking in a sound-speed profile or field. Outputs can be ray
coordinates, travel time, aplitude, eigenrays, acoustic pressure, or
transmission loss. This is useful for various applications in underwater
acoustics analysis and prediction analysis.
I am interested in packaging this software because I have work
colleagues who use it, whom I am supporting anyway. I am also learning
to use bellhop. It is inconvenient for some to have to build Bellhop
before use, and would seem more reasonable to be distributed as a Debian
package. If I'm going to do that work, why not share it with everyone?
At this point I have no plan to package the rest of the Acoustic
Toolbox. Though if packaging and supporting bellhop does not prove
onerous, and there is demand, I would consider packaging the rest down
the road.
This is my first look at packaging for Debian; however, bellhop seems
like an ideal place to get my feet wet: it is a simple command-line
application that brings in very few dependencies. I am a longtime user
(though admittedly mostly downstream in Ubuntu) and appreciate what
the community does (thank you all). I will need a sponsor to make the
contribution.
Cheers!
Chad
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