Bug#170676: ITP: thuban -- Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer.

[Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net>]

On 25-Nov-02, 08:09 (CST), Silke Reimer <silke@intevation.de> wrote: 
> Package: wnpp
> Version: N/A; reported 2002-11-25
> Severity: wishlist
> 
> * Package name    : thuban
>   Version         : 0.1.3
>   Upstream Author : Thuban Projekt Team <thuban@intevation.de>
> * URL             : http://thuban.intevation.org/
> * License         : GPL
>   Description     : Thuban is an interactive geographic data viewer
>                     written in Python. 

No need to repeat the name in the short description, just "an
interactive geographic data viewer" is sufficient. That it is written in
python is irrelevant to the description. (I can always find out, if I
care, by looking at the Depends.)

>   Main features are its cross-plattform GUI, extensability and
>   flexibility for deriving individual GIS applications.
> 
>   Thuban is implemented with wxPython which allows its
>   GUI to blend in with desktop on different platforms.

"Platform" only has one 't'. 

I'd argue that the description you've written is aimed a lot more at
developers than users. As a user, what I'd mostly care about is what
kind of geographic data formats it's capable of displaying, and what
different ways it can display that data.

Steve

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