Larry wrote: "What we need is some kind of "incubation" option for default-plugins.xml inclusion that would give you all of the experimental tools. Then I could support including it."
That is a cool idea. SS On Mon, Nov 17, 2008 at 7:50 AM, Larry Becker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Stefan, > > I see your point about catering to Apple's need to be different, however > Linux and Vista have some dialog issues that I have had to work on too, so I > think we should do what we can given our resources. > > About the potential confusion with multiple algorithms that accomplish the > same purpose, I think we need to work toward consolidating similar features > under common submenus or dialogs. We have some duplicate functionality > (like ISA vs JTS Douglas-Puecker point reduction) that I'm unsure what the > difference/advantages are of each are anymore. > > I have misgivings about including the Text Block tool by default, as I > know a general release of it would lead to a lot of bug reports and feature > requests. I'm not particularly happy with it in its current form. What we > need is some kind of "incubation" option for default-plugins.xml inclusion > that would give you all of the experimental tools. Then I could support > including it. > > regards, > Larry > > On Sun, Nov 16, 2008 at 6:54 PM, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> Ok.. I have read the emails now, and here my 2 cents: >> >> 1 - bugs: >> . we try to get some bux fixed towards the new year >> . about the ranking.. i can try to have a go on it in the next week(s). >> But I am also not sure if it makes sense, as certain bug need a skill >> level (or time budget) that nobody of us has. >> . not sure about the MacOSX stuff, introducing again a new startup file >> for OSX is one option. I have to see the other bug. However, it is >> stupid that Apple needs to do things different >> >> 2 - new functionality: >> . we could do a feature freeze, but >> . a) I would like to see Michaels aggregation function in OJ (however, >> we need to see what is different from the one I did - i.e. how to >> distinguish between) >> . b) Peppe was voting to include Larry's text-block annotation tool [and >> I agree with him, although I haven't tested it yet] >> . c) not sure if we should finally integrate the geometry conversion >> plugins by Edgar >> >> 3 - if it takes till January we may wait for JTS 1.10 >> >> 4 - Version will be 1.3 (do we need release candidates?) >> >> 5 - About Pirol image support >> yep it was planned to integrate their image plugin. But one problem was >> that one needs JAI. The current implementations does not need it (as far >> as I remember???). What we can not do, is to include the complete >> base-package due to the maintenance issues. But, some of the >> base-classes are already in OpenJUMP (the ones needed for the Attribute >> Calculator). I used here a different domain to avoid package loading >> problems. >> >> 6 - Finally a question to Jukka: What do you mean by updating PostGIS >> and Oracle Plugin? I know about Uwe's PostGIS plugin needs be repacked >> for OJ 1.2/1.3 .. unfortunately I had trouble doing that with Ant (in >> April?) and since that never had a go on it again. >> >> >> any comments? suggestions? >> >> stefan >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's >> challenge >> Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great >> prizes >> Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the >> world >> http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > > > -- > http://amusingprogrammer.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge > Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great > prizes > Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world > http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ > _______________________________________________ > Jump-pilot-devel mailing list > Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by the Moblin Your Move Developer's challenge Build the coolest Linux based applications with Moblin SDK & win great prizes Grand prize is a trip for two to an Open Source event anywhere in the world http://moblin-contest.org/redirect.php?banner_id=100&url=/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
