Re: [SIP-devel] Developers needed

[Ricardo F. <rf...@gm...>]

Hi Angus,

I will update the TODO list very shortly.

I would suggest the following steps before any actual coding of new feature=
s:

- put SIP sourcecode under CVS
- make a new sourcecode + Linux release (the current one is a release candi=
date)
- finally, build the code under Windows and find a good way to install it
    - I have detailed instructions on this; will post it shortly.=20


Of course, if you are not willing to undertake any of these tasks, you
can still do anything in the todo lists or anything you want yourself,
although the priorities are listed above and the project will not
evolve considerably without having them done.

Please tell me if you have interest in any of the tasks above, or if
you'd rather do something else, which might be more fun but less
important.


On 7/1/05, Angus Errington <aer...@vi...> wrote:
> Hello,
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> I am interested in helping out with this project to a greater extent and
> would welcome the opportunity to become more involved.
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> My research (my Master's) does not currently deal with image processing,
> but I am still actively exploring and learning more about the subject.
> Also, I am doing more C programming and Scilab than I have done before an=
d
> have learned a great deal.
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> It might be a good idea for us to discuss exactly what are the priorities
> and goals we wish to accomplish in the next few months/year.  I have gone
> over the tasks section on sourceforge and currently, it is quite out of
> date; it might be a good idea to re-evaluate where this project is
> going. Just a thought.
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> I would like to help out in a more concrete role. Questions or comments
> about my background and anything else are most welcome.
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> Hope all are doing well.
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> cheers,
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> Angus Errington
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> On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Ricardo Fabbri wrote:
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> > Hi, all,
> >
> > I know it has been quite a long time without any news, sorry.
> > We are in need of an new active developer/administrator for SIP. If
> > you are interested please sign up to the developers mailing list and
> > present yourself.  I am not leaving SIP development, but will help
> > manage it and participate.
> >
> > Unfortunately, since I moved to the USA I could not find any time to
> > significantly work on SIP. The main reason is that I have not been
> > using Scilab for my own research, so there is no way I could spare
> > time for it. I like my new research group very much, but they don't
> > rely on Scilab as much as my old group.  So it is a very slow process
> > to get them to know it and eventually use it.
> >
> > We currently work with C++ using http://vxl.sf.net for image
> > processing. Since C++ is way more time-consuming to program than
> > Scilab for most numerical computing, I am trying to convince people
> > (specially my advisor) to take a glance at Scilab.  And in the process
> > I have to tell them why Scilab and not Matlab, the advantages of open
> > source, etc. It would be nice to gather stories of Matlab to Scilab
> > migration around the world, and how to convince people to do it. One
> > thing people always complain is that Scilab is not GPL. People are
> > very paranoid about this. I was informed that Scilab 4.0 is planned to
> > have a new license, GPL or LGPL. That is very good news. (it is taking
> > long because some code is having to be rewritten to be
> > GPL-compatible).
> >
> > Anyway, I am currently only passively supporting the SIP Unix SOURCE
> > version.  The rest I simply cannot touch for now. I've been extremely
> > busy, and finally realized I am going to be like this at least for the
> > near future.  I just cannot do everything (home page, binary packages,
> > documentation, review contributions, give support, etc).
> >
> > Frankly it is quite hard to achieve the same level of quality and
> > productivity we used to have in SIP a year ago. We need a careful
> > solution that guarantees no loss of quality. On the other hand the
> > project cannot be stalled forever.
> >
> > Recently, I was asked:
> >
> > > We really need to have a Windows version of SIP for Scilab 3.0 and
> > > more. Do you plan to have one?
> >
> > I started one but cannot finalize it myself, at least for the next few
> > months. Whenever I work on SIP it is either for support (of the unix
> > version) or for actual coding of image processing and writing
> > documentation. I was able to port SIP for windows using MinGW
> > (www.mingw.org). It actually works, but requires so many tricks and
> > hacks, that I did not have time to find a way to actually make a
> > windows install executable that would smoothly install on all windows
> > versions (from 95 to XP). Each windows version needs its own tweaks
> > for e.g.  locating DLLs and imagemagick configuration files. As I
> > don't program nor use windows, it is hard to find time for this.
> >
> > Anyway, I have detailed documentation on my (hacky) windows port and
> > can provide it for anybody upon request. I might soon provide a
> > webpage on this.
> >
> > best regards,
> > --
> > Ricardo Fabbri
> >
> > PhD Student in Computer Engineering / Computer Vision
> > LEMS - Laboratory for Engineering Man-Machine Systems
> > Brown University, USA
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ricardo Fabbri
> >
> > PhD Student in Computer Engineering / Computer Vision
> > LEMS - Laboratory for Engineering Man-Machine Systems
> > Brown University, USA
> >
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Ricardo Fabbri

PhD Student in Computer Engineering / Computer Vision
LEMS - Laboratory for Engineering Man-Machine Systems
Brown University, USA