Bug#655648: ITP: saods9 -- Image display tool for astronomy
Hi,
Thanks for packaging DS9. I did give it a try at some point in the past,
don't hesitate to ask for help.
I also want to point out that there is at least one partial alternative
in Debian: yorick-spydr.
Regards, Thibaut.
Le 12/01/12 23:50, Ole Streicher a écrit :
> 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
>
>
>
>
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