Hi Martin, thanks for your email. You haven't overlooked anything, CVS is empty. At some point we switched to using git and at that time there was no git support on SF. As I write this email I see that SF has git support now, surprise :).
Anyways, yes, we do have a time and resource problem. That's exactly why help is appreciated :). We are three regular developers right now and yesterday I had a first discussion with another one who will be with us for the next three months.
We started Janus when there was no UML class diagram editor available yet. It was more or less a necessary burden. We will have a discussion in the next few days whether we will/can simply use/branch the one that is included with Eclipse now. Our main focus is on the synchronization engine anyway but we're still developing the class diagram editor.
We would be happy to include you in our discussion and further development. What's your background and interests? We are all CS students, undergrad, grad and PhD. I'd say Janus is comparatively easy to hack on while Seesaw (the synchronizer) is way over our heads :).
I'll add digging into SF's git support to my todo list. Yikes, yet another item :).
Cheers, Thomas.
> Hello Thomas,
> its ben a while since I did work for sourceforge projects so
> imight hae overlooked something.
> I was trying to get the source for janus to try and
> experiment with new features. The CVS browser link went to
> nothing - is this meant to be empty?
> Aside from that: Is help ppreciated and will the project
> continue or is there a time and resource problem?
> Best regards,
> Martin
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I am not exactly free on resources either, but I will try to contribute as much of my work as possible for the janus project.
My background started with the combination of UML design and Java implementation back in my CS student times. Since then I did my PhD in software engineering on the topic of software component integration. The integration models were constructed in UML, the wrapping code for the components was generated in java.
I now do work as a technical consultant in the area of software development automation. Once again, the automated toolchains I install in my customers' projects use UML models for documentation and design, and generate code from them.
I currently use the image exporter for automating the UML model documentation (a lot of developers still avoid using UML tools, they want to look at html or doc).
I'd be happy to share my ideas with you and will try to contribute, best guess now is I will produce an UML documentation plugin. Since my guess from the plugin name is some of you guys are based in Kassel we could even try to meet someday as I am based in Erlangen/Nürnberg.
Please let me know as soon as the git is working or maybe send me a snapshot of the code and I will start playing around and adding my stuff.
Best regards,
Martin
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Sorry for the delay Martin, I had two _long_ days and I've just returned home and will go straight to bed now. Will get back to you on the weekend. Good night for now, Thomas.
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Martin, sorry about that, even my weekend was packed. I haven't figured out the SF git stuff yet so I will fire up a terminal and make a snapshot and send it to you.
Your background sounds great. I can't believe that developers don't want to use UML tools. Or maybe it's just because they suck :). Nice to read you are one of our Image Export users. I just saw that I totally forgot about the internationalized version dammit. Just returned from a few months in Canada and trying to get back into the daily routine. But I digress.
We'd be happy to help you getting started and discuss your ideas. And ours :). So what are your plans regarding that UML documentation plug-in? And your guess is spot on, we're all based in Kassel. You're welcome to visit, just give us a shout when you are around.
You will receive an email with a snapshot shortly, Thomas.
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Hi Martin, thanks for your email. You haven't overlooked anything, CVS is empty. At some point we switched to using git and at that time there was no git support on SF. As I write this email I see that SF has git support now, surprise :).
Anyways, yes, we do have a time and resource problem. That's exactly why help is appreciated :). We are three regular developers right now and yesterday I had a first discussion with another one who will be with us for the next three months.
We started Janus when there was no UML class diagram editor available yet. It was more or less a necessary burden. We will have a discussion in the next few days whether we will/can simply use/branch the one that is included with Eclipse now. Our main focus is on the synchronization engine anyway but we're still developing the class diagram editor.
We would be happy to include you in our discussion and further development. What's your background and interests? We are all CS students, undergrad, grad and PhD. I'd say Janus is comparatively easy to hack on while Seesaw (the synchronizer) is way over our heads :).
I'll add digging into SF's git support to my todo list. Yikes, yet another item :).
Cheers, Thomas.
> Hello Thomas,
> its ben a while since I did work for sourceforge projects so
> imight hae overlooked something.
> I was trying to get the source for janus to try and
> experiment with new features. The CVS browser link went to
> nothing - is this meant to be empty?
> Aside from that: Is help ppreciated and will the project
> continue or is there a time and resource problem?
> Best regards,
> Martin
Hello Thomas,
thanks for the fast reply.
I am not exactly free on resources either, but I will try to contribute as much of my work as possible for the janus project.
My background started with the combination of UML design and Java implementation back in my CS student times. Since then I did my PhD in software engineering on the topic of software component integration. The integration models were constructed in UML, the wrapping code for the components was generated in java.
I now do work as a technical consultant in the area of software development automation. Once again, the automated toolchains I install in my customers' projects use UML models for documentation and design, and generate code from them.
I currently use the image exporter for automating the UML model documentation (a lot of developers still avoid using UML tools, they want to look at html or doc).
I'd be happy to share my ideas with you and will try to contribute, best guess now is I will produce an UML documentation plugin. Since my guess from the plugin name is some of you guys are based in Kassel we could even try to meet someday as I am based in Erlangen/Nürnberg.
Please let me know as soon as the git is working or maybe send me a snapshot of the code and I will start playing around and adding my stuff.
Best regards,
Martin
Sorry for the delay Martin, I had two _long_ days and I've just returned home and will go straight to bed now. Will get back to you on the weekend. Good night for now, Thomas.
Martin, sorry about that, even my weekend was packed. I haven't figured out the SF git stuff yet so I will fire up a terminal and make a snapshot and send it to you.
Your background sounds great. I can't believe that developers don't want to use UML tools. Or maybe it's just because they suck :). Nice to read you are one of our Image Export users. I just saw that I totally forgot about the internationalized version dammit. Just returned from a few months in Canada and trying to get back into the daily routine. But I digress.
We'd be happy to help you getting started and discuss your ideas. And ours :). So what are your plans regarding that UML documentation plug-in? And your guess is spot on, we're all based in Kassel. You're welcome to visit, just give us a shout when you are around.
You will receive an email with a snapshot shortly, Thomas.