Bug#383940: ITP: aa -- astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

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James R. Van Zandt wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: "James R. Van Zandt" <jrv@debian.org>
> 
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> * Package name    : aa
>   Version         : 5.6
>   Upstream Author : Steve Moshier <steve@moshier.net>
> * URL             : http://www.moshier.net/
> * License         : under discussion (probably GPL)
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : astronomical almanac - calculate planet and star positions
> 
> aa computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies and performs
> rigorous coordinate reductions to apparent geocentric and topocentric

"aa" is really ambiguous, since it could also mean, for example,
"anti-aliased".

Why not name it astronomical-almanac?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

Is "common sense" really valid?
For example, it is "common sense" to white-power racists that
whites are superior to blacks, and that those with brown skins
are mud people.
However, that "common sense" is obviously wrong.
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