Bug#514984: ITP: getdata -- retrieval, updating and indexing of public data collections

[Olivier Berger <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>]

Hi.

Le jeudi 12 février 2009 à 14:09 +0100, Steffen Moeller a écrit :

>   Description     : retrieval, updating and indexing of public data collections
> 

Also on http://wiki.debian.org/getData :

"getData - retrieves databases from the Internet"

> getData (so its somewhat unfortunate runnign title) specifies a series
> of public datasets in astronomy and bioinformatics to allow the data's
>  * download
>  * updates
>  * indexing
>  * specification of dependencies on other Debian packages and other databases
> 

... I'm a bit curious if the description is well explained.

Is this something meant only for use in Debian context ? ... which kind
of databases are you talking about ?

It seems to me it complements the packaging system trying to workaround
some limitations, but that's not so clear... maybe it's a multipurpose
tool anyway ?

Hope this helps,

Regards,
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Olivier BERGER <olivier.berger@it-sudparis.eu>
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