Bug#655648: ITP: saods9 -- Image display tool for astronomy

[Ole Streicher <debian@liska.ath.cx>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Ole Streicher <debian@liska.ath.cx>
X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-devel@liska.ath.cx


* Package name    : saods9
  Version         : 6.2
  Upstream Author : William Joye <wjoye@cfa.harvard.edu>
* URL             : http://hea-www.harvard.edu/RD/ds9/
* License         : GPLv2+
  Programming Lang: Tcl, C
  Description     :  DS9 is an application for astronomical imaging and
data visualization.
 .
 DS9 is the modern imtool used by astronomers.  It is most
 distinguished by its support for displaying images of high dynamic
 range (such as 16 bit greyscale FITS files).  Whereas many other
 tools will only read an approximation to such files, DS9 works in
 full precision, and uses various display parameters to map input data
 into 8 bit data which can be displayed on the screen.


Is is a late attempt to adopt this package after it was removed from
unstable.

Removed: http://bugs.debian.org/628485
Orphaned: http://bugs.debian.org/465959

Other unresolved bugs:

http://bugs.debian.org/556336
http://bugs.debian.org/618236
http://bugs.debian.org/569955
http://bugs.debian.org/362669
http://bugs.debian.org/303651
http://bugs.debian.org/520258
http://bugs.debian.org/544584
http://bugs.debian.org/357123
http://bugs.debian.org/407998
http://bugs.debian.org/304804
http://bugs.debian.org/569511