Bug#641504: ITP: libgetdata -- Library to read/write dirfile data

[Steffen Möller <steffen_moeller@gmx.de>]

On 09/14/2011 12:35 AM, Michael Milligan wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Michael Milligan <mmilligan@astro.umn.edu>
>
>
> * Package name    : libgetdata
>   Version         : 0.7.3
>   Upstream Author : D. V. Wiebe <getdata-devel@lists.sourceforge.net>
> * URL             : http://getdata.sourceforge.net/
> * License         : LGPL
>   Programming Lang: C with bindings (C++, Python, Fortran 77/95)
>   Description     : Library to read/write dirfile data
>
> The GetData Project is the reference implementation of the Dirfile
> Standards, a filesystem-based, column-oriented database format for
> time-ordered binary data. The Dirfile database format is designed to
> provide a fast, simple format for storing and reading data.
>
> This package would resolve bug #556990.
>
Go ahead with it all, just please be aware of the Debian Med's home grown
wiki.debian.org/getData initiative. Seeing you in an astro environment,
there
is probably quite some overlap of interest in either of our respective prime
user group, I presume.

While we do not have a technical name conflict, we should nonetheless
think of something here. Maybe public-getdata?

Best,

Steffen