Re: [ITP] astrometry.net-0.38-1

[Marco Atzeri <marco.atzeri@gmail.com>]

On 10/5/2011 6:01 PM, Charles Wilson wrote:
> On 10/4/2011 4:02 AM, Jussi Kantola wrote:
>
>> category: Science
>> requires: cairo libcairo2 python-cairo libnetpbm10 netpbm libpng14
>> libjpeg8 zlib zlib0 python python-numpy pkg-config cygwin
>> sdesc:    "Astrometry.net astrometrical solver."
>> ldesc:    "Astrometry.net analyses an astronomical image (photograph of the
>> night sky) to output, among other things, the central coordinate of the image,
>> the visible field of view, and the list of deep sky objects potentially
>> visible within the field."
>
> +1.
>
> However, as Corinna pointed out, there are some issues with the
> packaging.  I'll take a look this weekend and come up with some
> suggestions for you.
>
> FYI, you probably don't need to list both "zlib" and "zlib0" as
> requires: (most packages need just the dll, in zlib0).  Ditto for
> "cairo" and "libcairo2" -- you probably only need libcairo2. Also, it is
> no longer recommended to include 'cygwin' in the requires: list -- it is
> assumed that cygwin is a requirement for everything.
>
> --
> Chuck
>

+1 . Same comment about missing package procedure

This upstream package is not really thought for easy porting,
it inglobes a lot of library including gsl-1.14 while should be better
to link with cygwin gsl.

Regards
Marco