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Bug#715509: ITP: su2 -- Software for PDE based analysis and optimization






On Wed, Jul 10, 2013 at 5:12 AM, Konstantin Khomoutov <flatworm@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:
On Tue, 09 Jul 2013 13:05:09 -0700
Aniket Aranake <aniketaranake@gmail.com> wrote:

[...]
> * Package name    : su2
[...]

In addition to what Clint said, I would resommend to change the name to
something like "su2-pde" or "su2-toolkit" or "su2-pde-toolkit".

The reasoning is:

1) It's not obvious to a casual observer that "su2" is really su^2
   meaning SUU meaning "Stanford University Unstructured" (WTF is this
   last word when it comes to name a software package anyway)?

2) There's a tool named "su" which usage is kind of ubiquitous
   on systems of the Unix ilk, including Debian.  So I would say "su2"
   will be perceived by may as something improving on that venerable
   "su" utility (like "su 2.0") rather than being something completely
   unrelated.

I can certainly change the name as suggested. I will submit as su2-pde.

Solving PDEs numerically involves discretizing a solution domain with a grid. The grids may be "structured" or "unstructured." A primary feature of su^2 is its use of unstructured grids - hence the name.

I imagine I'll run into more difficulties with packaging. Is there anyone who might be interested in sponsoring this package?

Cheers!
Aniket

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Aniket Aranake
PhD Candidate
Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics
Stanford University

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