Thanks for the explanation, Jorge. That has clarified it. Cheers,
Ben ----- Original Message ----- > El 30/08/11 11:06, Benjamin Ducke escribió: > > Hi All, > > > > I am a bit confused about the status of "extCAD" in the > > gvSIG SVN and the OpenCAD extension by Cartolab. As far > > as I can see, OpenCAD is a replacement for "extCAD". > > However: it lives in its own OSOR SVN. > > > > Authors can explain better but in short, OpenCADTools is an evolution > of some specific CAD tools developed some time ago for a vertical > gvSIG application, that were later adapted for newer versions of gvSIG > (1.9) and for general use. > > > So is OpenCAD a fork of extCAD? If it's not, then why > > not just merge OpenCAD into the gvSIG SVN and maintain > > it as the new "extCAD"? > > > > Yes, it's a fork but is updated with extCAD adding more > functionalities, and in close coordination with core team. Some of > them are (or have > been) part of the gvSIG Technical Steering Committee. > > It's planned to substitute extCAD by OpenCADTools, but as a part of > the core of gvSIG Desktop we first need from some of the current > copyright holders to accept the gvSIG CLA. As two of them are public > administrations, and we are in summer, this process is taking more > than expected. > > > > Are the patches to "extCAD" in the gvSIG SVN > > being mirrored in OpenCAD, so that it will be > > save to overwrite "extCAD" in gvSIG 1.11/1.12 with > > OpenCAD? > > > > Yes for the first, not sure about the second, I assume that yes. > OpenCADTools developers can add more details if they wish. > > Regards > > -- Jorge Gaspar Sanz Salinas > gvSIG Team at Prodevelop > Technical Collaborations Manager > http://www.gvsig.org > http://www.gvsig.com > _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional > mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional ------ Files attached to this email may be in ISO 26300 format (OASIS Open Document Format). If you have difficulty opening them, please visit http://iso26300.info for more information. _______________________________________________ Gvsig_internacional mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.gva.es/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/gvsig_internacional
