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Bug#970279: O: nutsqlite -- Dietary nutrition analysis software



Hi Iain,

On Mon, Sep 14, 2020 at 11:34:23AM +0100, Iain R. Learmonth wrote:
> Package: wnpp
> Severity: normal
> X-Debbugs-Cc: debian-med@lists.debian.org
> 
> I intend to orphan the nutsqlite package. I've not used this package for
> years. The upstream has generally been helpful.
> 
> The package description is:
>  NUTsqlite uses the USDA database and stores this along with your personal data
>  in a portable SQLite database allowing you to perform analysis and plan for
>  your nutrition. Features include:
>  .
>   * The complete USDA database, your personal data, and the program code all
>     stored in a portable SQLite database
>   * Foods easy to find and add to daily meals
>   * Configurable for 1-19 meals per day and any dietary plan--including
>     ketogenic, low carb, zone, low fat
>   * Comprehensive meal analysis for any number of consecutive meals
>   * Presents both easy-to-read percentage summaries and in-depth nutrient
>     analysis, including Omega-3 and Omega-6 essential fatty acids
>   * Foods can be weighed in grams or ounces
>   * Includes novel meal planning feature: you choose the food, NUT adjusts the
>     quantities to your plan
>   * Calorie Auto-Set feature uses linear regression on daily scale measurements
>     of weight and body fat percentage to find optimal calorie level for
>     improved body composition
>   * Allows recording of recipes and customary meals for fast data entry
>   * Sorts foods richest in each of the 150 nutrients
>   * Reveals which foods contribute most to user's nutrition

Would you mind pushing your latest changes to the package to Git?
I'd volunteer to add my ID as Uploader (if nobody else wants to for
sure!)

> If you do take this on, you might want to look at splitting out the data
> from the application to reduce the size of the arch specific binaries,
> and maybe even (if possible) encourage reuse of the data across
> applications (the USDA database in particular).

If I'm not misleaded the whole package is arch all so I do not see
any actual need for splitting as long as there is no other package
inside Debian that needs thoses data.

Kind regards

        Andreas. 

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