On Mon, Apr 19, 2004 at 09:37:33AM -0400, Kevin B. McCarty wrote: > > Some other programs use modified versions of the star data catalogues but > > do not provide preprocessors to regenerate the data IIRC. > > Well, if it's not too hard to write such a preprocessor to massage the > data into that program's preferred form, it ought to be done. If it (...) Agreed. > > Why remove the stardata if you have already preprocessed it? I don't think > > that's really necessary. > > It is probably not necessary, but it seems like what an admin would > expect. That is, if he uninstalls "gliese", then he probably no longer > wants the version of the Gliese catalogue modified for starplot, and > expects that it also would be removed. Just IMO. Yes. But that can only be done if the package in charge of generating the data is the stardata catalogue program. If the script is run by the astronomy package (starplot) then it should not be removed by gliese (since those are files of a different package) > > I'm not sure if /usr/share is better than /var/lib. > > So you prefer /var/lib? I really don't have a preference. FSSTND should be checked for the appropiate location. (..) > I'll send you a new draft of the astro-policy RFC today or tomorrow. > best regards, Great. Regards. Javier
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