Package status and registration

[sefffal]

What is the current status of this package?
I noticed that it's the only JuliaAstro package repo that hasn't been registered. But the README seems to indicate that it was registered at one point?

[helgee]

Hi,

Unfortunately, I am the one responsible for this and the the other unregistered JuliaAstro package: AstroBase.jl. JPLEphemeris.jl used to be registered but did not make the cut after the 1.0 transition.
Long story short is that I got myself into a "wanted a banana but what I got was a gorilla holding the banana and the entire jungle" situation. I wanted the JPLEphemeris.jl to depend on AstroBase.jl which depended on AstroTime.jl which I needed to finish and register first and somewhere along the way I burned out (also due to employer insolvencies and the pandemic messing with my career plans).

So, here's the plan: AstroBase.jl is way too big as it is and thus I will probably never get it "done". I believe it might be best to split the package up and contribute the interesting bits and pieces to other packages, e.g. SkyCoordinates.jl. Regarding this package, my plan is to revive it and probably rewrite it without taking on any dependencies.

Thoughts?

[icweaver]

Howdy, just doing a bit of bookkeeping over on the JuliaAstro site. Would EphemerisSources.jl and PerezHz/HORIZONS.jl be considered the spiritual successors to JPLEphemeris.jl at this point?

Also, are there any thoughts on how those two packages compare? I'm wondering if forces could be combined

[icweaver]

Ah, just found this really nice overview from Andrew. I'm slowly getting up to speed now =]

JuliaAstro/EphemerisSources.jl#12