Bug#851806: ITP: libmseed2 -- seed (Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data) data records manipulation library

[Andreas Tille <andreas@an3as.eu>]

Hi Pierre,

thanks for the ITP.  I think this package should be done in the Debian
Science team.

Kind regards

      Andreas.

On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 11:21:32PM +0100, Pierre Duperray wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: wishlist
> Owner: Pierre Duperray <pierreduperray@free.fr>
> 
> * Package name    : libmseed2
>   Version         : 2.18
>   Upstream Author : Chad Trabant <chad@iris.washington.edu>
> * URL             : http://ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc/software/downloads/libmseed/
> * License         : LGPL3
>   Programming Lang: C
>   Description     : seed data records manipulation library
> 
> Provides a framework for manipulation of SEED (Standard for the Exchange
>  of Earthquake Data) data records.
> 
> I think this package is relevant because it is a reference implementation of
> the SEED format manipulation. It will be a dependency on other packages allowing,
> for instance, realtime exchange of seismic data around the world.
> I use these tools on a daily basis, no other package provide this functionality
> (as far as I know).
> I plan to maintain this package and create other sismological related package,
> as a maintainer beginner, I definitively need a sponsor.
> My work on this package basically consisted in learning packaging, autotoolizing
> the upstream source distribution. I plan to submit autotoolizing patch and man page
> typos patch upstream. I will also ask the upstream author if he his interested
> in co-maintaining this package.
> 
> 

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