Bug#586597: geomview: PLOT3D grid file reader module: please include it

[Francesco Poli (t1000)]

Package: geomview
Version: 1.9.4-2
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch

Hello,
this bug report could be the last thing I do about geomview (but who
knows?).

During last August, I wrote a geomview module that reads a
(two-dimensional, Fortran-unformatted, multi-block) PLOT3D grid file
and visualizes it.

Please note that the PLOT3D data formats are used in CFD
(Computational Fluid Dynamics): they were born as native data formats
for an old NASA visualization tool (named PLOT3D).
For further information:
http://www.efluid.com.cn/images/up/DownloadFile/Sajben%20Transonic%20Diffuser/Plot3d%20format.txt
and chapter 8 of the original PLOT3D user's manual, downloadable from:
http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/Record/4177251

My original goal was to write modules that enable geomview to read
PLOT3D data formats and visualize them: I wanted to send my modules
to geomview upstream developers, so that they could include them in
the official geomview distribution.
However, while writing and debugging the first module, I began to get
confirmation that geomview upstream maintainers have virtually
disappeared.
As explained in more detail in
http://bugs.debian.org/547500#22
it seems that I am the only subscriber of the geomview-devel mailing
list, which is really awkward, since I am *not* a geomview
developer!
That list has seen no messages in 2008, one message (from me!) in
2009, and no messages in 2010 (so far).
My message (about bug #357445) was left without replies:
http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=20090819164323.e62890f4.frx%40firenze.linux.it&forum_name=geomview-devel

Consequently, I stopped writing geomview modules.

Now, it seems to me that what I wrote should not be wasted, as it could
still be useful someone else.
Hence, I thought I could send my module to Debian geomview maintainers:
feel free to include it in the Debian package.
You should find it attached to the present message.

Bye.
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