Hi Johan, I think it would be great to have both packages together. By merging you will not loose copyright over your code or nothing. I probably will not even be able to touch your code. We will just help each other to maintain a nice package that (as was planned) includes functions for structural dynamics. If you think about it, a package named ocframe will be downloaded only by those who take the care of reading its description. Under the label of mechanics (think of simMechanics in Matlab) you will for sure get more downloads.
The package mechanics is planned to have io functions that make it compatible with the geometry package. Eventually user will be able to draw and SVg file with their desing and load it directly in octave for simulation. I think this will be an excellent extension to ocframe. Anyway, you are free to do it as you prefer. I wanted to let you known that I support Carnë's idea. BTW, nice work with ocframe! :D JPi 2011/9/28 Johan Beke <johanb...@hotmail.com>: > Hi All, > > Although I'd like to join the packages together it might be more interesting > to have them separated. Not all users are interested in both packages (some > will). I ll will start with a stand alone package. > > Johan > >> From: carandraug+...@gmail.com >> Date: Wed, 28 Sep 2011 17:12:29 +0100 >> Subject: Re: Moving ocframe to Octave-Forge >> To: johanb...@hotmail.com >> CC: octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net; carba...@ifi.uzh.ch >> >> >> From: carandraug+...@gmail.com >> >> Date: Tue, 27 Sep 2011 17:09:07 +0100 >> >> Subject: Moving ocframe to Octave-Forge >> >> To: johanb...@hotmail.com >> >> CC: octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net; jord...@octave.org >> >> >> >> On 13 September 2011 10:21, JohanB <johan...@users.sourceforge.net> >> >> wrote: >> >> > For the moment, ocframe is not under active development. In >> >> > the future I will continue development to support 3D >> >> > analysis . Currently I am busy with some priority project. >> >> > However I can make some time to move my project to >> >> > Octave-Forge. Can I still hold the current project or does >> >> > it has to move to octave-forge as well? (It is easy for help >> >> > files and news if I continue development) >> >> > Which steps do I need to take to move to Octave-forge? >> >> >> >> Hi Johan, >> >> >> >> apologies for the very late response. Actually, Jordi has forwarded me >> >> your reply a long time ago but I only found the time now. By the way, >> >> I'm CC'ing this to the octave-forge mailing list too. >> >> >> >> Regarding your question, you can of course hold your current project >> >> although it's probably better if you make the whole mo ve. >> >> >> >> We usually give write-access to any user after he has contributed some >> >> code. You would be submitting and entire package :) Whenever you feel >> >> like coding it, you can do it. Also, you can stay as the package >> >> maintainer. The documentation for your package is generated when a new >> >> release is made and it will be mentioned on the octave-forge news. >> >> Also, it will make it simpler for you to mantain because you'll only >> >> have to bother with having the code and the packages in 1 place and >> >> it's confusing for users who otherwise will feel as if there's 2 >> >> ocframe packages. >> >> >> >> By the way, since 3.4 one can use 'pkg install -forge package-name' to >> >> install packages directly from octave without downloading the package >> >> themselves. >> >> >> >& gt; If you want to make the move, just let us know and give us your >> >> sourceforge account name so we can give write access to the repo. >> >> >> >> Carnë >> >> 2011/9/28 Johan Beke <johanb...@hotmail.com>: >> > Hi Carnë, >> > >> > Feel free to add me to the project. I ll prepare myself to move my >> > project >> > to octave-forge. >> > >> > Kind regards, >> > >> > Johan >> >> Thank you for considering this. I have added you and you should be >> able to commit your functions to the repo now. >> >> About the location of your code, you can create a new directory >> ocframe inside 'trunk/main'. There is another possibility though which >> you might prefer. We have recently (2 days ago actually) added a new >> package 'mechanics'. Do you think your code would fit better there? >> >> I have just spoke to the package m aintainer (Juan Carbajal which I'm >> CC'ing on this e-mail) and he agrees that your code would fit nicely >> there and it would be easier for users to find it there. What do you >> think of this? >> >> Carnë > -- M. Sc. Juan Pablo Carbajal ----- PhD Student University of Zürich http://ailab.ifi.uzh.ch/carbajal/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ All the data continuously generated in your IT infrastructure contains a definitive record of customers, application performance, security threats, fraudulent activity and more. Splunk takes this data and makes sense of it. Business sense. IT sense. Common sense. http://p.sf.net/sfu/splunk-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ Octave-dev mailing list Octave-dev@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/octave-dev
