Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2004 16:10:36 -0800 From: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> To: Joe Marcus Clarke <marcus@marcuscom.com> Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: cvs commit: ports/science/hdf5 Makefile distinfo pkg-plist Message-ID: <20040226001036.GA80934@xor.obsecurity.org> In-Reply-To: <1077751774.761.84.camel@gyros> References: <200402252253.i1PMrNtm056865@repoman.freebsd.org> <20040225231017.GA79984@xor.obsecurity.org> <1077750926.62466.6.camel@hood.oook.cz> <20040225232144.GA80284@xor.obsecurity.org> <1077751774.761.84.camel@gyros>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Wed, Feb 25, 2004 at 06:29:34PM -0500, Joe Marcus Clarke wrote: > > > > 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? > > > > > > Quoting submitter of a PR: > > > > > > Please move it from the 'graphics' categry to the 'science' category, > > > which is more appropriate. > > > > > > 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 :-) > > 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. Perhaps the pkg-descr is just inaccurate..it doesn't talk about much about what the software is useful for, which confused me when I looked at it. The website is a bit better. Kris [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFAPTl8Wry0BWjoQKURAht1AJ9YjwbgOJibu0Yf+yph+ahptSJLKgCg+sxK 1Ssd4Z5SK2M9ltbUEm+BDPk= =og3O -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----home | help
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