Re: Modularity : was Re: [Geotools-gt2-users] 3D

[Justin C. <ju...@vl...>]

James Macgill wrote:

  > Once the GeoAPI project matures we will once again have an interface
> only 'module' and it may well be possible to start breaking main up 
> again (though perhaps not into quite so many pieces)

Cool. Much appreciated on the info. I realise nothing is likely to 
happen Right Now, just wanted to express what is likely to be a more and 
more common request in the future. I know of at least 6 projects that we 
will be paid to work on in the next year that will be making use of this 
work I'm doing right now to integrate the geospatial component into 
Xj3D. Not that I have the cycles to be able to do it now, but if some of 
the expected funding comes through at the start of next year, we can 
certain contribute some developer time or possible dollars to making 
this happen. Considering the complaints we already get about download 
sizes and their requests for modularity of our existing OSS codebases, 
I'm pre-empting what our users will be complaining about :)

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Justin Couch                         http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/
Java Architect & Bit Twiddler              http://www.yumetech.com/
Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer                  http://www.j3d.org/
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