Re: [Openev-discuss] updating OpenEV's 'sample' application

[Gillian W. <gil...@at...>]

Hi,

I think that's an excellent idea, and probably necessary if we want 
openev to move forward rather than sideways in many different 
directions.  I'm not sure yet how much time I could commit, but I should 
be able to find at least an hour or two a week.   I don't know if that 
would be enough to be useful for what you have in mind though.  Was the 
6-month time frame a random choice, or do you have a particular reason 
for it (eg. a conference to present it at)?  Do you have any funding 
mechanisms in mind or were you seeing this more as a consolidation of 
many people doing little bits consistently on their own time?  If it is 
the latter, I suggest we focus mainly on design and what we would like 
to use openev for, then write the new application once those ideas are 
in place.  I like the wiki documentation idea.  If we develop a common 
idea of what openev should contain in the future and agree on how it 
should be implemented from a user perspective, then people can do the 
actual development in contracts/projects where they make sense.  I 
wonder if it would be worthwhile to throw this out to the gdal-dev list 
and see if anyone from other projects (ossim, vtp, etc.) is interested 
in providing some suggestions.

Gillian
 
Paul Spencer wrote:

> All,
>
> as you may be aware, there is a perception out there that OpenEV is 
> somewhat unfriendly to users.  I think this is primarily because new 
> users think that the OpenEV front end is the full application rather 
> than a demonstration of how the OpenEV toolkit can be used to build an 
> application.  At least, that's my understanding of OpenEV (perhaps 
> because that's how I use it ;))
>
> If this is the case, I think OpenEV is suffering from a case of 'bad 
> press' because the user interface is not really intended to make it 
> friendly to people who don't know how to use it.  It is, instead, 
> functional for those that know how to use it.
>
> I would like to champion a project to build a new OpenEV application 
> that would become the default that new users would see.  By 
> 'champion', I am thinking more of getting it organized than of doing 
> all the work myself ;)
>
> To this end, I would like to solicit comments about this idea and 
> suggestions on how we should organize such an effort.  If the idea is 
> not entirely shot down, then I would suggest that we move on to gather 
> some requirements for the user interface and functionality to be 
> included.  The final phase would then be actually coding up the new 
> application, which in my experience would be a lot of cut and paste 
> from existing code rather than a lot of new development.
>
> Obviously I can't do this all by myself in this timeframe and would 
> hope to have some contributions from the main developers and other 
> openev users for all sorts of tasks, including:
>
> * requirements
> * design
> * coding
> * documentation
> * testing
> * packaging
> * art work (seriously, the current graphics are somewhat old-fashioned)
>
> I have a tentative timeline of 6 months in mind, from this email to a 
> formal announcement of a releaseable version of the interface.  I'll 
> need some idea of who can commit to helping out within this timeframe.
>
> Comments and suggestions welcome (even suggestions that this is not 
> needed are ok :))
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul
>
> BTW I am thinking of finding or setting up a 'wiki' somewhere that we 
> can use for developing requirements and design.  Any suggestions?  I 
> can probably get one set up on MapTools if there is no other more 
> suitable spot ...
>
>
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