Re: [SIP-devel] Developers needed

[Angus E. <aer...@vi...>]

Hi Ricardo,

I can look into getting CVS working, as it sounds like a good place to
start.  I assume reading the sourceforge documentation is the first thing
to do?

Thanks,

Angus

On Mon, 4 Jul 2005, Ricardo Fabbri wrote:

> Hi Angus,
>
> I will update the TODO list very shortly.
>
> I would suggest the following steps before any actual coding of new features:
>
> - put SIP sourcecode under CVS
> - make a new sourcecode + Linux release (the current one is a release candidate)
> - finally, build the code under Windows and find a good way to install it
>     - I have detailed instructions on this; will post it shortly.
>
>
> 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,
> >
> > I am interested in helping out with this project to a greater extent and
> > would welcome the opportunity to become more involved.
> >
> > 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 and
> > have learned a great deal.
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > I would like to help out in a more concrete role. Questions or comments
> > about my background and anything else are most welcome.
> >
> > Hope all are doing well.
> >
> > cheers,
> >
> >
> > Angus Errington
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 7 Jun 2005, Ricardo Fabbri wrote:
> >
> > > 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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>
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> LEMS - Laboratory for Engineering Man-Machine Systems
> Brown University, USA
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