[Debian-med-packaging] Bug#832165: ITP: ncbi-vdb -- libraries for using data in the INSDC Sequence Read Archives

[Andreas Tille]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Andreas Tille <tille at debian.org>

* Package name    : ncbi-vdb
  Version         : 2.7.0
  Upstream Author : National Center for Biotechnology Information
* URL             : https://github.com/ncbi/ncbi-vdb
* License         : public domain
  Programming Lang: C
  Description     : libraries for using data in the INSDC Sequence Read Archives
 NGS is a new, domain-specific API for accessing reads, alignments and
 pileups produced from Next Generation Sequencing. The API itself is
 independent from any particular back-end implementation, and supports
 use of multiple back-ends simultaneously. It also provides a library for
 building new back-end "engines". The engine for accessing SRA data is
 contained within the sister repository ncbi-vdb.
 .
 The API is currently expressed in C++, Java and Python languages. The
 design makes it possible to maintain a high degree of similarity between
 the code in one language and code in another - especially between C++
 and Java.


Remark: This library is needed to upgrade sra-sdk.  It will be maintained
by the Debian Med team at https://github.com/ncbi/ncbi-vdb.

Technical remark: Since ncbi-vdb as well as sra-sdk have the worst
self-made build system I've seen in my Debian work I'm happy to get it
working at least somehow together.  There is no specific for Python or
Jave added to this package currently.