Hi Sebastian,
Thanks for replying. I really appreciate it.
Forgive my ignorance though, can I ask your role in the project?
I am always happy to supply images - I am not up to speed enough though
with the code etc. to do any calibrations. I am not 'inept' I can write
HTML, PHP and a bit of java but I only work on windows.
I would do calibrations if there were some good tutorials for Windows users
(videos preferred), everything I've been able to find is based on linux and
perl.
There are now a huge number of windows users of the database and they could
be useful. I only use two programs that use lensfun for their lens
corrections - ACDsee Ultimate and Affinity Photo - updating both is simply
a matter of dropping updated files and overwriting the ones in the current
directory within the software as I think they both simply use the XML files
and not "lensfun" itself, I assume this flexibility is why XML was chosen
in the first place.
The tarball is the ideal solution for windows users, a download page with
archive and changelog being perfect but just a visible 'last updated' date
would make a big difference. I would be happy to help with this I have
space on one of my own servers (I have a very small webdesign sideline) and
would be happy to host and update the zip/tarballs and changelog etc. if
that would help though I appreciate it might just cause more confusion -
including such a thing on sourceforge would probably be better.
If I can help to give things a kickstart I would be happy to do so but as I
said as a windows user I'd need some help in getting going.
Many thanks
John
On 8 January 2018 at 13:03, <m...@sebastiankraft.net> wrote:
> Hi John,
>
> One volunteer Junkyardsparkle did come back to me to say they didn't
>> know and generally be very helpful so I submitted some images to try
>> and help plug some gaps this gave me access to the github and I can
>> see that since the 6th November 2017 nobody other than junkyardsparkle
>> has picked up a calibration job - so this leads me to wondering is the
>> project dead?
>>
>
> The main development takes place at the Sourceforge repo:
> https://sourceforge.net/p/lensfun/code/ci/master/tree/
>
> There is still some activity, but calibrations may take some while until
> they are done. A new release of Lensfun is on its way but unfortunately
> quite a few changes in the library core were required and this still is
> really challenging to finish for only two developers with few spare time.
>
> If it is it is a real shame and I hope someone picks it up, maybe one
>> of the commercial entities that use it could buy it and move it
>> forward in the longer term but for general users like myself it would
>> be really helpful to know;
>>
>> * Is the tarball being updated/maintained? (an alert to the
>> mailing
>> list when it is would be very helpful)
>>
>
> It was never meant as an official source for updates and as it is the
> server from Torsten Bronger's calibration service only he can comment why
> updates of the files failed. This is also the reason why the files are not
> mentionened anywhere in the docs.
>
> * Is it worth continuing uploading calibration images? As if the
>> project is stalled they will never make it through to us at the user
>> end so perhaps we would be better off lokking for alternative
>> software.
>>
>
> Please be patient, AFAIk nothing will be lost, but it may take several
> months from upload until the profile appears in the database. If anyone is
> willing to help in the calibration process, feel free to contact
> junkyardsparkle or Torsten. That's what the github repo is intended for. It
> will regularly be merged into the Sourceforge master.
>
> Furthermore, if anyone is interested to help us with the development of
> Lensfun in all areas, this support will be more than welcome! The database
> update infrastructure and profiling process already improved a lot over the
> last years and there are some really good starting points to automatize it.
> Still, nothing is perfect and there's a lot of work left for volunteers.
>
> Sebastian
>
>
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