Hi - this post would make a good news announcement(do you have access to the udig blog?).
I also tried to identify a subset of modules that could be dragged into an existing RCP app (without making any contributions to the user interface) - the result was the rcp-feature; and there is a tracking demo built around it. We had to split up project.ui to make it happen. On a related note Harald we have to be very careful with the branding story of uDig (especially with a small community). As such I would ask that you - try and attract volunteers for this work - but not users. I would like to ask both you (and whatever volunteers we can gather) to bring this valuable work back into geotools and udig and improve the baseline. I had expected to do some of this work with you back in January; I am really pleased that it is now ready. Congratulations, Jody PS. I have watched three other teams turn GeoAPI and GeoTools into OSGi friendly bundles in order to escape the version hell Mr. Wellmann describes - as such I am really into supporting this effort. On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 10:09 PM, Wellmann, Harald <[email protected]> wrote: > Some of you may remember the discussion I raised last autumn about > getting rid of net.refractions.udig.libs and putting each library > required by uDig into its own OSGi bundle a.k.a. Eclipse plug-in. > > I announced that we would branch off to develop a solution to match our > requirements, and we have now created the first release of our uDig > subset under the name of udigLite (including osgified subsets of > Geotools and GeoAPI). > > More details on udigLite, binary packages, building from source and > changes we made can be found in the uDig Hacking wiki at > > http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/HACK/udigLite+-+An+OSGi-f > riendly+subset > > To get an idea of why we are doing all this and what we are building on > top of uDig, read the story in my blog: > > http://hwellmann.blogspot.com/2009/03/anaconda-workbench-udig-applicatio > n.html > > Let me repeat that I would be more than happy if this work would be > merged back into the uDig and Geotools mother projects rather sooner > than later. > > For the time being, we will continue to work on our clones to have a > stable basis for our own application. > > Everyone who is building applications on top of uDig and found himself > trapped in third-party dependency hell as we have is invited to have a > look at udigLite or volunteer to osgify additional libraries they might > need. > > Best regards, > > Harald > > ******************************************* > innovative systems GmbH Navigation-Multimedia > Geschaeftsfuehrung: Edwin Summers - Kevin Brown > Sitz der Gesellschaft: Hamburg - Registergericht: Hamburg HRB 59980 > > ******************************************* > Diese E-Mail enthaelt vertrauliche und/oder rechtlich geschuetzte > Informationen. Wenn Sie nicht der richtige Adressat sind oder diese E-Mail > irrtuemlich erhalten haben, informieren Sie bitte sofort den Absender und > loeschen Sie diese Mail. Das unerlaubte Kopieren sowie die unbefugte > Weitergabe dieser Mail ist nicht gestattet. > This e-mail may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you > are not the intended recipient (or have received this e-mail in error) please > notify the sender immediately and delete this e-mail. Any unauthorized > copying, disclosure or distribution of the contents in this e-mail is > strictly forbidden. > ******************************************* > _______________________________________________ > User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) > http://udig.refractions.net > http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel > _______________________________________________ User-friendly Desktop Internet GIS (uDig) http://udig.refractions.net http://lists.refractions.net/mailman/listinfo/udig-devel
