From owner-cvs-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Feb 25 15:29:24 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: cvs-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAE5916A4CE; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:29:24 -0800 (PST) Received: from creme-brulee.marcuscom.com (rrcs-midsouth-24-172-16-118.biz.rr.com [24.172.16.118]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 468FE43D2D; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:29:24 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) Received: from [10.2.1.4] (vpn-client-4.marcuscom.com [10.2.1.4]) i1PNNgsm082706; Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:23:42 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from marcus@marcuscom.com) From: Joe Marcus Clarke To: Kris Kennaway In-Reply-To: <20040225232144.GA80284@xor.obsecurity.org> References: <200402252253.i1PMrNtm056865@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040225231017.GA79984@xor.obsecurity.org> <1077750926.62466.6.camel@hood.oook.cz> <20040225232144.GA80284@xor.obsecurity.org> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-Y89QjDNaGQj4lm0F4lEa" Organization: MarcusCom, Inc. Message-Id: <1077751774.761.84.camel@gyros> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 18:29:34 -0500 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.63 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.63 (2004-01-11) on creme-brulee.marcuscom.com cc: cvs-ports@FreeBSD.org cc: Pav Lucistnik cc: cvs-all@FreeBSD.org cc: ports-committers@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/science/hdf5 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist X-BeenThere: cvs-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: CVS commit messages for the ports tree List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 23:29:24 -0000 --=-Y89QjDNaGQj4lm0F4lEa Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 18:21, Kris Kennaway wrote: > On Thu, Feb 26, 2004 at 12:15:26AM +0100, Pav Lucistnik wrote: > > V ?t, 26. 02. 2004 v 00:10, Kris Kennaway p??e: > >=20 > > > > Modified files: > > > > science/hdf5 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist=20 > > > > Log: > > > > After repocopy from graphics/hdf5, > > > > =20 > > > > - Update to 1.6.2 > > > > - Pass maintainership to submitter > > >=20 > > > I looked at the pkg-descr, and I couldn't see how this was a > > > scientific application (or graphics, for that matter). What am I > > > missing? > >=20 > > Quoting submitter of a PR: > >=20 > > Please move it from the 'graphics' categry to the 'science' category, > > which is more appropriate. > >=20 > > End of quote. Submitter is one of authors of the software, so I assumed > > he knows best. > > > > What category do you think it should be in? It sounds > > like a file format for storing scientific data to me. >=20 > I'm sure it could be used for that, but it sounds like a generic data > storage format that can be used for non-science applications too. > Kind of like a database :-) It sounded more like a platform-independent way of representing scientific data (at least the hdf pkg-descr did). Database didn't sound right...converters seemed reasonable, but I have never used the software. Joe >=20 > Kris --=20 PGP Key : http://www.marcuscom.com/pgp.asc --=-Y89QjDNaGQj4lm0F4lEa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBAPS/eb2iPiv4Uz4cRApPnAKCl0kctLKOKkKFhgi5tyiJqnU4hzgCgoGAR IIMVY91Uh/zklEAvTTPhJug= =taZ4 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-Y89QjDNaGQj4lm0F4lEa--