Re: ezDicom
Hello Mark, I gave the program a shot running the bundled windows executable in wine (the Windows executable is in the zip file). I think you would probably be better off using something else - Karsten metioned aeskulap, and gingkocadx, but also amide and xmedcon are packaged. - it would need porting (maybe that's easy) from > Delphi to FreePascal This does really seem to be a show stopper, I don't know whether anybody here on the list has the needed expertise. > - the source doesn't seem to cater to being > compiled on Linux so may need to be ported/ > adjusted to Linux compatibility, too There is actually the Kylix version, which was Borlands port of Delphi to Linux, and Lazerus, the Free Pasacal IDE, seems to have some support for porting code, but given above programs, I don't seen that this is really worth the effort. > - the license contains a no-endorsement clause > which may need to be checked against DFSG AFAICS this is a pretty standard clause found in many licenses, so it shouldn't pose a problem. As a real problem I see that the Dicom reader is not based on any of the available DICOM libraries (dcmtk or gdcm), and hence new DICOM features will not be added (unless someone knowledgable adds these to the pascal code). Thanks for the pointers anyway, Best, Gert
Re: ezDicom
Hi, thanks to Mark for the suggestion and to Karsten for the Analysis. On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 12:31:54PM +0100, Karsten Hilbert wrote: > On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 07:48:37AM +0100, Mark 1234 wrote: > > > There's a piece of abandon-ware called ezDicom that is a fantastic > > lightweight Dicom viewer: > > > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezdicom/ > > > > The source code is provided in the link. The authors are not reachable > > (I tried several times). > > > > I wonder if this could be a candidate for your project? > > Hello Mark 1234, > > thanks for your suggestion. > > I have had a quick look at the source code and here are *my* > thoughts why ezdicom may not be an easy candidate for > inclusion into Debian: > > - there's currently no upstream maintainer > > - there are other dicom viewers available > (aeskulap, gingkocadx) > (not that they have upstream maintainers, though :-) For GinkgoCADx Gert Wollny has also taken over upstream maintenance[1] > - it would need porting (maybe that's easy) from > Delphi to FreePascal This is most probably a stumbling stone. Usually there are issues with this porting and I'm not aware that we have any Pascal competence in our team. > - the source doesn't seem to cater to being > compiled on Linux so may need to be ported/ > adjusted to Linux compatibility, too > > - the license contains a no-endorsement clause > which may need to be checked against DFSG It does not sound very attractive to tackle the technical issues when it is not clear how to cope with licensing issues. > Notwithstanding, thanks for the pointer ! Definitely. We always have quite some tradition to train newcomers with packaging. So anybody who *really* wants to get some package included is welcome to do the packaging work. We happily provide help to do so (be it for this actual program or others you might consider interesting). Kind regards Andreas. [1] https://github.com/gerddie/ginkgocadx -- http://fam-tille.de
Re: ezDicom
On Sun, Mar 19, 2017 at 07:48:37AM +0100, Mark 1234 wrote: > There's a piece of abandon-ware called ezDicom that is a fantastic > lightweight Dicom viewer: > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezdicom/ > > The source code is provided in the link. The authors are not reachable > (I tried several times). > > I wonder if this could be a candidate for your project? Hello Mark 1234, thanks for your suggestion. I have had a quick look at the source code and here are *my* thoughts why ezdicom may not be an easy candidate for inclusion into Debian: - there's currently no upstream maintainer - there are other dicom viewers available (aeskulap, gingkocadx) (not that they have upstream maintainers, though :-) - it would need porting (maybe that's easy) from Delphi to FreePascal - the source doesn't seem to cater to being compiled on Linux so may need to be ported/ adjusted to Linux compatibility, too - the license contains a no-endorsement clause which may need to be checked against DFSG Notwithstanding, thanks for the pointer ! Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ eu.pool.sks-keyservers.net E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
ezDicom
I just heard about the debian medical imaging package - really good idea! There's a piece of abandon-ware called ezDicom that is a fantastic lightweight Dicom viewer: https://sourceforge.net/projects/ezdicom/ The source code is provided in the link. The authors are not reachable (I tried several times). I wonder if this could be a candidate for your project? I would love to have it on Linux.
