Posted by
Raymond Martin-2 on
Dec 03, 2009; 3:16am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/ImageJ-development-involvement-contributions-tp3690030p3690073.html
Hello Albert,
> > I was just wondering what the situation is with development
> > involvement/contributions to the code for ImageJ.
>
> Development for ImageJ affects thousands of users and is not a small
> matter. A funded project is starting for the development of some
> identified areas in need.
> Most details are here:
>
>
http://imagejdev.org/I already went to that site before joining this list and looked through every
page. Not much there to indicate what involvement might be permitted and
further documentation is not available or is missing.
>
> > I just got the code and started to upgrade some of the AWT stuff
> > to Swing. It compiles and runs okay (I can load an image, etc.).
> > Still more work to get rid of all the glitches, but it is a start.
>
> About half a dozen developers have attempted that.
> There are lots of issues involved, it's not a trivial matter of
> "upgrading".
Really. I am not that half dozen developers and my attempt to "upgrade" the
Swing parts does work.It was rather trivial given my years of software
development experience working with Java, C/C++, etc.
> > I can contribute this work and more.
> >
> > What is the project's position on this?
>
> The best contribution is on image processing algorithms.
> In particular algorithms with broad applications such as:
Maybe my contribution cannot be among the best that you are
suggesting, but it could be something good that users might want.
Am I to gather that you are saying that my potential contributions are not
wanted?
Then again, I do not know what your relationship is to the project. Are
you in a position to speak on behalf of the project?
Regards,
Raymond