Re: RFC: packaging layout for Odin

2009-01-11 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, David Paleino wrote: Significant increase in workload for a number of people due to 'what if a random...' What's wrong in: Probably upstream should be educated on a better usage of this, [..] ? :) It is actually one part of beeing a Debian Maintainer. Maybe I'm

Re: RFC: packaging layout for Odin

2009-01-11 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, David Paleino wrote: Bad idea, DevRef ยง6.3.4 incourages use of debian/NEWS only for important changes to the package. Yes. In this case, I'd opt for adding that note in the long description of odin, as suggested by Jan Beyer on IRC. Sounds good Andreas. --

Re: RFC: packaging layout for Odin

2009-01-11 Thread Andreas Tille
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Michael Hanke wrote: If we are honest, this kind of package will never have a popcon stat with three digits (simply because it is very very very special interest). Having it (IMHO) overengineered will cause an unreasonable workload on some project members -- with close to no

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Karsten Hilbert
On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 03:42:31PM +0100, Hilbert, Sebastian wrote: We have seen some general practioner projects being started because GNUmed was 'just not right'. In the end all projects died because it is not easy to catch up with a head start and thousands of lines of codes from other

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Steffen Moeller
Hi David, besides being reminded that I need to take my routine check these days, I'd like to stress how unique your position is, David. You should not spend too much time on coding. Rather help with some insightful guidance to specify the minimal complexity of a system that could be

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Karsten Hilbert
I'd like to stress how unique your position is, David. You should not spend too much time on coding. I fully agree with that. Rather help with some insightful guidance to specify the minimal complexity of a system that could be considered useful. Publish that somewhere. Indicate what is

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Johan Henriksson
Karsten Hilbert wrote: I'd like to stress how unique your position is, David. You should not spend too much time on coding. I fully agree with that. Rather help with some insightful guidance to specify the minimal complexity of a system that could be considered useful. Publish

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Karsten Hilbert
I can only agree here. I think the remedy to this problem is to split up the work into smaller manageable pieces that are of greater interest to the community because they can be shared. this all boils down to knowing project/design politics. examples: viewing pictures: done. can you extend

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Steffen Moeller
Hi Johan, Johan Henriksson wrote: Karsten Hilbert wrote: I'd like to stress how unique your position is, David. You should not spend too much time on coding. I fully agree with that. Rather help with some insightful guidance to specify the minimal complexity of a system that

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Karsten Hilbert
Usually a professor's interest in a project lives only as long as funding flows. I need to contradict here. If you are not interested int the work, then you are not interested in the work, be there funding flowing or not. You are claiming that the interest may only go where the money is.

Re: dentist software

2009-01-11 Thread Johan Henriksson
special rendering: fork a library if possible, data visualization is always in need Forking is likely not a good idea. sorry, need to get my terminology straight; split off a library Likely already done several times. Doing DICOM is not as trivial as it sounds. managing dialogs