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

["James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz@comcast.net>]

Steve Greenland <steveg@moregruel.net> wrote:
>   On 20-Aug-06, 15:43 (CDT), "James R. Van Zandt" <jrvz@comcast.net> wrote: 
>   > aa computes the orbital positions of planetary bodies and performs
>
>   In English, the beginning of a sentence is capitalized. Consider it to
>   be the program name, rather than the executable. If you can't tolerate
>   this, recast the sentence to avoid beginning with the program name.

I'm following the GNU coding standards: "If a lower-case identifier
comes at the beginning of a sentence, don't capitalize it! Changing
the spelling makes it a different identifier."

>   > aa.exe follows the rigorous algorithms for reduction of
>
>   Is it "aa" or "aa.exe"? Presumably the former in Debian.

Fixed.

   > input to aa.exe is by single line responses to programmed prompts.

   Capitilization again.

   I'm a little concerned about the short name for the package. However, if
   it's widely known in the field, it's probably okay.

aa has been used for a long time.  However, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote
>"aa" is really ambiguous
I think this is a better argument.

>Why not name it astronomical-almanac?

Seems a bit wordy.  However I'm getting used to it.  It would be more
informative in a list of package names.  Okay, I'll make the change.

              - Jim Van Zandt