Hi Brad, I'll do this (as I promised them).
Cheers,
Peter.
On Thu, 7 Sep 2006, Brad Cavanagh wrote:
> I've just sent out the announcement about the Keoe release to UKIRT users,
> OS X users, and the starlink@jiscmail mailing list. I've also sent it to
> Gerald to pass along to the JCMT users mailing list. Can someone please
> forward this to the starman mailing list? It would appear that you have to
> be a member to post to it. Thanks.
>
>
> Starlink Software Collection - "Keoe (Vega)" Release
> ----------------------------------------------------
>
> JAC announces a new release of the Starlink Software Collection.
>
> Highlights of the "Keoe (Vega)" release include:
>
> * 3-D data visualisation in GAIA.
>
> * A beta release of CupID ("ClUmP IDentification), a package
> supporting a number of different algorithms for the cataloguing and
> extraction of complex non-uniform emission sources in 2- and
> 3-D. CUPID is being developed for the JCMT Legacy Survey Programme,
> but is a general application that can be applied to any suitable
> dataset.
>
> * Support for 64-bit operating systems.
>
> * Support for large files (up to 2GB data arrays for 32-bit systems,
> more on 64-bit).
>
> * ORAC-DR support for WFCAM data processing.
>
> * The ".sdf" file extension can be left in filenames given to all
> Starlink commands (eg. "stats file.sdf" is equivalent to "stats
> file").
>
> For full release notes on individual packages, see:
> http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/software/starlink/keoe-release-notes.html
>
> For further information, see:
> http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/software/starlink/
>
>
> Support
> -------
>
> The Starlink Project was terminated in June 2005. The Starlink Software
> Collection is being maintained by the JAC, with support from PPARC, for
> the benefit of our users. Bugs or feature requests reproducible with UKIRT
> or JCMT data sets should be e-mailed to [log in to unmask] where they
> will be attended to in priority order.
>
> Non-JAC users are encouraged to report bugs to [log in to unmask]
> where they may be attended to on a best-efforts basis by volunteers.
>
> Open source developers wishing to send in patches or wanting access to the
> CVS repository should email [log in to unmask]
>
>
> Getting the software
> --------------------
>
> You can download tar files of the software collection for a number of
> architectures from:
>
> http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/software/starlink/download.html
>
> JAC currently runs 32-bit Linux operationally. Other platforms are
> supported on a best efforts basis.
>
>
> Licencing
> ---------
>
> The bulk of the collection is distributed under the GNU Public Licence
> (http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt), and the remainder under the old
> Starlink Licence
> (http://www.jach.hawaii.edu/software/starlink/old-license.txt).
>
> Refer to the code in individual packages for more information.
>
--
Dr. Peter W. Draper, http://star-www.dur.ac.uk/~pdraper
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