[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread Jeffrey Martin
OK, That makes sense Bruno, thanks for the detailed passionless explanation. :-) I'll keep my eyes out for this person. On Nov 16, 2:00 pm, Bruno Postle brunopos...@googlemail.com wrote: 2009/11/16 Jeffrey Martin 360cit...@gmail.com: As I said already, do you want more people to help

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread prokoudine
On 10 ноя, 13:45, namklim namk...@googlemail.com wrote: To me, GIMP seems much more professional in distribution of binaries. Native (no X11) 2.6.7 binaries for Leopard/Snow Leopard anyone? :) Sorry, I couldn't resist :) Alexandre -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

RE: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread Dale Beams
Hugin windows packagers need to look at what other projects are doing for packaging. Gimp is a good start. I know this subject came up when working with gramps-project.org. At the time it was considered bad etiquette bundled other open source software with the same project, however I think

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread Erik Krause
Harry van der Wolf wrote: It's not about the discussion itself or how it got here. That is completely valid here and your criticism as such is also valid. It's more the choice of your words that made me react (self appointed leader and so on), which is unfair and doesn't give Yuv the credits

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread michael crane
well I'd be thrilled to contribute and I do use windows. actually I've been going off it lately but I imagine it's cyclical. What I would require is a crude explanation what is and how works C and what is C ++ how is the same name for program language different in windows and unix. I would need

RE: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread Ryan Sleevi
well I'd be thrilled to contribute and I do use windows. actually I've been going off it lately but I imagine it's cyclical. What I would require is a crude explanation what is and how works C and what is C ++ how is the same name for program language different in windows and unix. I would

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread Henri Chevallier
Thanks Ryan for explaining all that is involved. Indeed it looks like it's not just a problem of compiling Hugin on your own computer... On Wed, Nov 18, 2009 at 10:32 AM, Ryan Sleevi ryan+hu...@sleevi.comryan%2bhu...@sleevi.com wrote: well I'd be thrilled to contribute and I do use windows.

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-17 Thread allard
Great explanation, Ryan. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups hugin and other free panoramic software group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at: http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ To post to this group, send email to

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-16 Thread Jeffrey Martin
sorry, I don't have a compiler. That might not mean i'm useless, though ;-) On Nov 15, 12:15 pm, Stefan Peter s_pe...@swissonline.ch wrote: Jeffrey Martin wrote: All the time spent arguing about how lazy and useless people are (i'm not naming any names here), the windows version could

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-16 Thread Jeffrey Martin
On Nov 15, 12:44 pm, Stefan Peter s_pe...@swissonline.ch wrote: As I have mentioned in another thread, hugin is not about market share or world domination. Providing 90% of the computer users out there with a usable installer for this program isnt' world domination. It's common sense. As I

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-16 Thread michael crane
I does seem really a lot of work to try to get all the stuff to work properly on windows. I appreciate it is ( or used ) to be difficult to get any useful information from microsoft but is there any way the process could be simplified. I don't understand coding at all except for reading the odd

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-16 Thread Oskar Sander
Thanks for your Windows build Allard! I'm using it currently (alternating with Yuv's layout-branch test build) and it works great so far for me. I think it is good to get something out there for windows like you've done, and then we can perfect the releases based on that. The wiki and

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-16 Thread Bruno Postle
2009/11/16 Jeffrey Martin 360cit...@gmail.com: As I said already, do you want more people to help develop hugin? offering them a way to actually USE the program (without spitting vitriol about how they should compile the damn thing themselves) is probably a good first step, no? :-) No-one

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Stefan Peter
Jeffrey Martin wrote: All the time spent arguing about how lazy and useless people are (i'm not naming any names here), the windows version could have been compiled. Numerous times. Ok then, please stop arguing and start your compiler .. Regards Stefan Peter -- You received this message

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Stefan Peter
Jeffrey Martin schrieb: Why should Windows be treated any different? ROTFL because 90% of the people (and from them, people who might also become DEVELOPERS of hugin) are there. can it really get any simpler than that? As I have mentioned in another thread, hugin is not about market

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Harry van der Wolf
2009/11/15 Stefan Peter s_pe...@swissonline.ch There is an ongoing discussion in the free software community regarding the wisdom of porting free software to windows. Some take the position that it hinders the goals of free software, others think it helps to spread the word. However, it is

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Stefan Peter
Erik Krause wrote: As the 90% windows users do not seem to scratch, they do not feel the itch. So why should others do the scratching for them? That's not the point. The point is that after a long time someone finally created a binary for windows and the self-appointed leader of this list

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Harry van der Wolf
At the moment I wanted to press send in reaction of Erik's mail, Stefan's mail came in. His mail describes exactly what I also wanted to say (and I dare say his mail was better than mine). It means that my mail can be much shorter. I still write it to show that other people agree with Stefan's

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Erik Krause
Stefan Peter wrote: Free software development means that you are free to have an opinion and state it. It means that you don't have to agree on everything and can't be forced to do or approve something if you don't want to. Your critic would have been justified if Yuv had prohibited the

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Harry van der Wolf
Hi Erik, 2009/11/15 Erik Krause erik.kra...@gmx.de Sorry, it was not me who brought this discussion here. And it was Yuv who was annoyed and accused me of demanding things, which is totally nonsense in this case. I didn't demand anything, I expressed my disappointment with the politics

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Harry van der Wolf
2009/11/15 Harry van der Wolf hvdw...@gmail.com Just the simple fact that nobody takes the initiative to come forward as volunteer is disappointing. Again: thanks to those who already did a great job in building windows binaries. It's just that there are obviously not enough builders.

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-15 Thread Harry van der Wolf
2009/11/16 allard a...@allardkatan.net Okay, before people start speculating about how I feel about Yuv's comments on my installer or grossly misspelling my name (en dat van een landgenoot, Harry!) maybe I should step in. Hi Allard, You are right. I'm sorry. I must have had a massive blind

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Martin
Why should Windows be treated any different? ROTFL because 90% of the people (and from them, people who might also become DEVELOPERS of hugin) are there. can it really get any simpler than that? :-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups hugin and

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-13 Thread Jeffrey Martin
This reminds me of the scene in Fawlty Towers, when Basil is trying to have a fire drill. The burglar alarm goes off by mistake. And people think it's the fire drill which starts in a few minutes. They spend so much time arguing about it, that the fire drill is late. Meanwhile, Manuel

Re: [hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-13 Thread michael crane
I agree, I think focus should be on making a solid software rather than trying to change the world. regards mick -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups hugin and other free panoramic software group. A list of frequently asked questions is available at:

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread anbue
Thanks again, Allard. On 11 Nov., 08:20, allard a...@allardkatan.net wrote: C'mon guys. Spend your energy on solving bugs or something. --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups hugin and other free

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Ryan
Hi all, On Nov 11, 10:32 am, anbue andreasbuett...@anbue.de wrote: Thanks again, Allard. ++ short-version - It's a royal pain in the neck to build hugin for Windows (far worse than for Linux, it seems) - It might be worth subsidizing a bit more the non-techie artists out there who use

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Bart van Andel
On 11 nov, 13:05, Ryan scov...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Anybody can install cygwin, for free. I hear it's even possible to set up a mingw32 cross-compiler on linux I'm actually trying to get this working. Currently I have an Ubuntu 9.04 installation inside VirtualBox (on Windows host), and I'm

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Ryan
On Nov 11, 1:49 pm, Bart van Andel bavanan...@gmail.com wrote: Before being able to compile Hugin, first the dependencies have to be cross-compiled. The setup of mingw-cross-env makes this pretty easy: a small script called name-of-library.mk has to be created with some variables pointing to

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Stefan Peter
Bart van Andel schrieb: On 11 nov, 13:05, Ryan scov...@gmail.com wrote: 2. Anybody can install cygwin, for free. I hear it's even possible to set up a mingw32 cross-compiler on linux I'm actually trying to get this working. ... If anybody else wants to contribute by helping build the

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Bart van Andel
You might take a peek at the build files I uploaded [0], because they include the patches and configuration options used to compile hugin and its assorted dependencies (what is libplot, btw?). I will. As far as I can see, most patches are for libraries which are already part of

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Bart van Andel
If anybody else wants to contribute by helping build the dependencies, for example, please do! I would like to participate here. Is there a homepage or a repository where your current work is accessible? Easiest thing to do: pull directly out of mingw-cross-env repository (assuming you

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread T. Modes
- It's a royal pain in the neck to build hugin for Windows (far worse than for Linux, it seems) What's so complicated? The most necessary libraries can be downloaded in pre-compiled form in the SDK (http://wiki.panotools.org/Build_Hugin_for_Windows_with_SDK). What's missing for current hugin

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Bart van Andel
Built glut (actually, freeglut) as well, just now. Mail is underway to Volker. So far he's been rather quick in replying, so I suspect it won't take long before both lcms and freeglut will be integrated. -- Bart On 11 nov, 17:34, Bart van Andel bavanan...@gmail.com wrote: - Choose a

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-11 Thread Bart van Andel
Easiest thing to do: pull directly out of mingw-cross-env repository (assuming you want install it in /opt/mingw-cross-env): $ cd /opt $ hg clone http://hg.savannah.nongnu.org/hgweb/mingw-cross-envmingw- cross-env Forgot to mention: there are some dependencies... More on this here:

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-10 Thread namklim
On Nov 10, 4:46 am, Yuval Levy goo...@levy.ch wrote: the following discussion was at [0] where it is off topic. It is important here, hence the continuation: --- In w...@yahoogroups.com, Erik Krause erik.kra...@... wrote:     On Saturday, November 07, 2009 at 22:37, yuval_levy wrote:    

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-10 Thread namklim
On Nov 10, 4:46 am, Yuval Levy goo...@levy.ch wrote: the following discussion was at [0] where it is off topic. It is important here, hence the continuation: --- In w...@yahoogroups.com, Erik Krause erik.kra...@... wrote:     On Saturday, November 07, 2009 at 22:37, yuval_levy wrote:    

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-10 Thread Yuval Levy
namklim wrote: From a Windows user viewpoint I agree with Erik; the Win binary distribution is a mess. I don't disagree with the qualification of the Win binary distribution. I disagree with the judgment of what the developers team does. If you look at the number of downloads for v 0.7

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-10 Thread Erik Krause
Yuval Levy wrote: Erik, If you think you can do better, go ahead and do it. You have all the necessary information, tools, and accesses to distribute Hugin differently. Frankly I am annoyed. I know we have *different* views. I respect your opinion. I do not accept your qualitative

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-10 Thread Yuval Levy
Erik Krause wrote: In other words and if you still didn't get it: I think you distract people from using or even trying hugin. maybe he's right? good bye everybody, have fun with your new leader Erik. Yuv --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message

[hugin-ptx] Re: binary distribution policy

2009-11-10 Thread allard
C'mon guys. Spend your energy on solving bugs or something. On Nov 10, 7:27 pm, Yuval Levy goo...@levy.ch wrote: Erik Krause wrote: In other words and if you still didn't get it: I think you distract people from using or even trying hugin. maybe he's right? good bye everybody, have fun