Re: [udig-devel] udigLite: An OSGi-friendly subset

[Jody Garnett <jody.garnett@xxxxxxxxx>]

>> Hi - this post would make a good news announcement(do you
>> have access to the udig blog?).
>
> Thanks - no, I don't have access, but if you tell me how to get it, I
> can post another announcement there.
>
I "invited" you; let me know if you have any trouble.

>> 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.
>>
>
> Sure, there is absolutely no competition or anything. Our stuff is
> nothing but a logical working branch of uDig which for some technical
> and organizational reasons happens to be hosted somewhere else. If there
> had been a easier and faster way of getting the work done, we would not
> have taken the trouble of duplicating everything.

Yep I understand; I am treating it as a "branch" that proves the work
can be done (for which I am very greatful and enthusiastic). I just
need to be careful on the branding side of stuff; Andrea Aime sent me
a useful link reminding me how important such stuff is.

> I now hope that more people - especially the non-uDig Geotools users -
> will realize that our approach
> - simply works
> - has minimal impact
> - adds value to both Geotools and uDig

So here is a question for you -- *when* can we do this work? I do not
mind volunteering for something so strategic; but we will need write a
proposal and organze our lives so we have some time in front of a
computer to "apply" this branch of yours.

> Well thanks at least for your moral support ;-)  Jody, I know you've
> always made clear that you see our point and that you support the whole
> idea. Most of what we have done (or what remains to be done to entirely
> osgify Geotools and uDig) had to do with Geotools and not with uDig, so
> it would be great if we could gather more awareness and some momentum in
> the Geotools community to get this job done.

Understood; and now with a working example is the time to do it. I
will be happy to help write up the proposal; but we need to make sure
it is complete before asking for a vote (I have seen more proposals
get stuck on this matter than anything else).

Jody