Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 15:21:45 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Pav Lucistnik <pav@FreeBSD.org> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/science/hdf5 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <20040225232144.GA80284@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1077750926.62466.6.camel@hood.oook.cz> References: <200402252253.i1PMrNtm056865@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040225231017.GA79984@xor.obsecurity.org> <1077750926.62466.6.camel@hood.oook.cz>
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--1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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. 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 :-) Kris --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAPS4IWry0BWjoQKURAttYAJ95AwrdkVXNKdbo8YvjcWjKr5cOTgCfa8cq YfxlaIjBFOZcPeGXPy1FOVQ= =MAIf -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --1yeeQ81UyVL57Vl7--
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