Am 2018-01-08 14:54, schrieb John J Bloomfield:
Hi Sebastian,
Thanks for replying. I really appreciate it.
Forgive my ignorance though, can I ask your role in the project?
I am one of the two main developers and mostly do the core coding and
source code maintenance. Torsten, who also runs the calibration service,
is the other developer and is expert in the math and theory behind all
the models and profiles.
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.
Unfortunately, most of the eco system around Lensfun and profiling comes
from the Linux world. Only lately there were some applications that used
Lensfun on Windows. Everything "should" work similarly on Windows, but
to improve support and compatibility of all the tools and scripts
requires an active Windows user who is interested to test and fix issues
and also to update the docs accordingly.
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.
I agree, there is also already a mirror of the database files at
http://lensfun.sourceforge.net/db/ which could be used for that purpose.
For me it looks like both files are in sync and from the same date
(November 4th, 2017), so it seems that the files are properly updated
with a git hook from Torstens computer as soon as new profiles are
committed.
If you want to write a documentation about how a user on Windows can
update his application database, feel free to commit something. Have a
look at our homepage or at the API doc
(http://lensfun.sourceforge.net/manual/) or Wiki
(https://sourceforge.net/p/lensfun/wiki/Home/) and see what is already
there and could be improved or added. If you want you can also get
access to edit our Sourceforge Wiki and write the instructions there.
Sebastian
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