[Debichem-devel] Metapackages for DebiChem?

[Filippo Rusconi]

Hello !

On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 09:15:46AM +0200, Andreas Tille wrote:
> 
> On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 10:27:39PM +0200, Filippo Rusconi wrote:
> > I see two categories:
> > 
> > Output & visualization -  DebiChem 3D Viewers and Calculation Output
> > Visualization   (45*)
> > 
> > 3d structure viewers - DebiChem 3D Structure Viewers 
> > 
> > and I wonder if these could not be merged. 
> 
> IMHO, they could be merged and my suggestion for the metapackage name
> would be
> 
>      debichem-visualisation
> 
> I propose the following description:
> 
> 
> Description: DebiChem 3D Viewers and Calculation Output Visualization
>  This metapackage will install 3D Viewers and Calculation Output Visualization
>  which might be useful for chemists.

I think this is absolutely correct.
  
> > Regarding massXpert and mmass, these two pieces of software allow
> > editing polymer sequences and making mass spectrometric simulations on
> > these (mmass is also a powerful mass spectrum viewer). Lutefisk is a
> > simulations-only program of mass spectrometry.
> > 
> > I certainly would welcome a Polymer chemistry section where to put
> > these two software.
> 
> 
> This makes something like
> 
> 
> debichem-polymer
> 
> Description: DebiChem polymer sequence editors and mass spectroscopy
>  This metapackage will install packages which enables you to view and edit
>  polymer sequences as well as view and simulate mass spectrometry.

Description: DebiChem polymer sequence editors and mass spectrometry
 This metapackage will install packages which enable you to edit
 polymer sequences so as to perform mass spectrometry simulations and 
 view mass spectra.

> Depends: massxpert, mmass, lutefisk

Correct.


Thanks,

Best regards,
                 Filippo

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Filippo Rusconi, PhD - CNRS - public key C78F687C
Author of ``massXpert''     at http://www.massxpert.org