[cad-linux] Re: cad-linux still alive [if only on life-support...]
- From: Christopher Sean Morrison <brlcad@xxxxxxx>
- To: cad-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2009 23:04:31 -0500
BRL-CAD is indeed very active with our development rate increasing
every year since the code was made open source. That said, there is
still a lot of work that needs to be done and only so many developers.
One of the things I've been trying hard to do is expand our dev
community. We have lots of interested users, but very few that can
actually contribute as developers. The few that can seem to have a
bit of "nibm"/nih syndrome and/or simply don't come forward to
contribute on something.
That said, actively expanding the community has been one of the top
four project priorities [1] for a little while now. Participating in
GSoC last year was one of the first active steps and was a really
great experience (which I still intend to report on sometime soon).
I'm also looking to host some competitions soon to help inspire new
contributors too.
[1] http://brlcad.org/BRL-CAD_Priorities.png
As far as I know, Art unfortunately hasn't worked on PythonCAD in
almost two years now (Eric, you were working on it too? thought you
were a Perl guy). We'd be happy to work with Art or Eric or anyone
else capable and interested in making open source CAD better. The
issue is usually finding someone with sustainable interest and
sharing a mutual metaphorical itch that can be scratched.
Cheers!
Sean
P.S. That is one old screenshot of BRL-CAD/MGED on the cad-tastrafy
page.. :-)
On Feb 24, 2009, at 9:00 PM, john kosty wrote:
> From: Moises CastrOporto <moises.castroporto@xxxxxxxxx>
> /snip/
> It´s a live out there??
> Nice regards
> mOe:)
> Still live [and -- sort of -- alive...] lo' these many moons...
> But I've attached a screendump of the list's archive page: a
> little depressing to see just how inactive this one's been for the
> past couple o' years. I'm wondering how to breathe some life into
> this subject. I attend my local LUG maybe two times per year --
> meetings are monthly. Everytime I stand up during the Q&A/other
> segment toward the end and ask my usual questions: Who here deals
> with CAD on *ANY* basis; regular or otherwise? Who here is
> interested in helping to further the cause? Usually generates
> maybe five minutes of conversation and then nothing until I go
> again six months later. Sigh...
>
> I agree w/ Phrostie: PythonCAD & BRL-CAD appear to have the most
> ongoing activity and most promising futures in this arena. Eric
> Willhelm [Wilhelm?] of PythonCAD has been, by and large, a one-man
> show and has soldiered on for some time now. If I were a "coder"
> -- rather than a "script-kiddie" -- I'd love to contribute. Then
> again, since Python *is*, after all, a "scripting" language, I
> guess I'm just making excuses... :-) Please drop by his site and
> give him some feedback. I'm sure he could use the encouragement.
>
> Best,
>
> jk
>
> PS: Also attached a screengrab of the archive page for cad-linux-
> dev@freelists. I wasn't even aware of that sub-group until today
> -- or, at least, I'd forgotten about it.
>
> PPS: Anyone here installed [and play-tested] Varkon in, oh, the
> last five years? I believe that was my last install and try-out.
> Would be nice if some add'l academics would sign on. Seems like it
> would be a useful addition to universities and researchers world-
> wide but then I'm continually surprised at just how LITTLE interest
> there is for FOSS-CAD in academia. WTF? I just don't get it. Too
> many commercial vendors continually flooding them with freebies?
>
> John Kosty
> 828 Ralph McGill Boulevard
> Atlanta, Georgia 30306
> 404.447.3608
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