[PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[Danny Milosavljevic]

* gnu/local.mk: Include gnu/packages/education.scm .
* gnu/packages/education.scm: Add new file.
* gnu/packages/education.scm (stellarium): New variable.
---
 gnu/local.mk               |  1 +
 gnu/packages/education.scm | 70 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 71 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 gnu/packages/education.scm

diff --git a/gnu/local.mk b/gnu/local.mk
index 94b55cd..08770ff 100644
--- a/gnu/local.mk
+++ b/gnu/local.mk
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ GNU_SYSTEM_MODULES =				\
   %D%/packages/dvtm.scm				\
   %D%/packages/ebook.scm			\
   %D%/packages/ed.scm				\
+  %D%/packages/education.scm			\
   %D%/packages/elf.scm				\
   %D%/packages/emacs.scm			\
   %D%/packages/enchant.scm			\
diff --git a/gnu/packages/education.scm b/gnu/packages/education.scm
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c8034c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gnu/packages/education.scm
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+;;; GNU Guix --- Functional package management for GNU
+;;; Copyright © 2016 Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org>
+;;;
+;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+;;; the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
+;;; your option) any later version.
+;;;
+;;; GNU Guix is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
+;;; WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+;;; MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+;;; GNU General Public License for more details.
+;;;
+;;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+;;; along with GNU Guix.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+(define-module (gnu packages education)
+  #:use-module (ice-9 regex)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages qt)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages compression)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages gettext)
+  #:use-module (gnu packages perl)
+  #:use-module ((guix licenses) #:prefix license:)
+  #:use-module (guix packages)
+  #:use-module (guix download)
+  #:use-module (guix svn-download)
+  #:use-module (guix utils)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system gnu)
+  #:use-module (guix build-system cmake)
+  #:use-module (srfi srfi-1))
+
+(define-public stellarium
+  (package
+    (name "stellarium")
+    (version "0.14.2")
+    (source (origin
+             (method url-fetch)
+             (uri (string-append "mirror://sourceforge/stellarium/"
+                                 "Stellarium-sources/"
+                                 version "/stellarium-" version ".tar.gz"))
+             (sha256 (base32
+                      "1xxil0rv61zc08znfv83cpsc47y1gjl2f3njhz0pn5zd8jpaa15a"))))
+    (build-system cmake-build-system)
+    (inputs
+      `(("qtbase" ,qtbase)
+        ("zlib" ,zlib)
+        ("qtserialport" ,qtserialport)
+        ("qtscript" ,qtscript)
+        ("gettext" ,gnu-gettext)))
+    ;; perl: for pod2man
+    (native-inputs
+      `(("qtbase" ,qtbase) ; Qt MOC is needed at compile time
+        ("qttools" ,qttools)
+        ("perl" ,perl)))
+    (arguments
+      `(#:test-target "tests"
+        #:phases (modify-phases %standard-phases
+         (add-before 'check 'set-offscreen-display
+           (lambda args
+             (setenv "QT_QPA_PLATFORM" "offscreen")
+             (setenv "HOME" "/tmp")
+             #t)))))
+    (home-page "http://www.stellarium.org/")
+    (synopsis "3D Sky Viewer")
+    (description "A sky catalogue to do astronomy with.
+Includes 3D sky viewer and support for tracking using common telescopes.")
+    (license license:gpl2+)))

Re: [PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[Ludovic Courtès]

Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:

> * gnu/local.mk: Include gnu/packages/education.scm .
> * gnu/packages/education.scm: Add new file.
> * gnu/packages/education.scm (stellarium): New variable.

Applied with an improved synopsis and description.  This is a nice
package!

Thanks,
Ludo’.

Re: [PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[Danny Milosavljevic]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 17:20:30 +0200
ludo@gnu.org (Ludovic Courtès) wrote:

> Danny Milosavljevic <dannym@scratchpost.org> skribis:
> 
> > * gnu/packages/education.scm (stellarium): New variable.  
> 
> Applied with an improved synopsis and description.  This is a nice
> package!

:)

Now your description doesn't mention that you can control (actual) telescopes with it (via the serial port; that's what the qtserialport dependency is for). I do that, it's fun and kinda eerie.

Re: [PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[Leo Famulari]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 12:32:25AM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> Now your description doesn't mention that you can control (actual)
> telescopes with it (via the serial port; that's what the qtserialport
> dependency is for). I do that, it's fun and kinda eerie.

I agree, that's a really important feature of this software. What do you
think of adding the following sentence to the description?

"It can be used to control telescopes over a serial port for tracking
celestial objects."

I'm not familiar with the language of astronomy. Improvements welcome :)

Re: [PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[Danny Milosavljevic]

On Fri, 29 Jul 2016 19:32:06 -0400
Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:

> I agree, that's a really important feature of this software. What do you
> think of adding the following sentence to the description?
> 
> "It can be used to control telescopes over a serial port for tracking
> celestial objects."

I think it's a good sentence :)

Re: [PATCH v3] gnu: Add stellarium.

[Leo Famulari]

On Sat, Jul 30, 2016 at 10:03:54AM +0200, Danny Milosavljevic wrote:
> Leo Famulari <leo@famulari.name> wrote:
> > "It can be used to control telescopes over a serial port for tracking
> > celestial objects."
> 
> I think it's a good sentence :)

Great, done!