On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 10:08:51PM +0100, Philippe Coval wrote: > Package: wnpp > Severity: wishlist > Owner: Philippe Coval <r...@gna.org> > > > * Package name : freewrl > Version : 1.22.5 > Upstream Author : John Stewart, Sarah Dumoulin ... <info-freewrl --at-- > crc.ca> > * URL : http://freewrl.sourceforge.net > * License : LGPL > Programming Lang: C > Description : VRML browser for 3D contents works also as mozilla plugin > > Player aims to be fully VRML97 compliant, complete with scripting in Perl, > Java and Javascript, and EAI > . > It is written mostly in Perl with some C for library interfaces & rendering, > and uses OpenGL (Mesa) for graphics. > > === Notes : === > > * that vrml viewer was in debian long time ago but went away... > > * upstream is still active , and many efforts are done > by my friend Michel of myosotis project > to made it available to debian/ubuntu users also ... > > So I am trying to help and hope we (co-maintainers) can get it back > into debian's main and ubuntu as well > > * I just set up a git repo on debian's alioth > (pkg-multimedia team which IMHO fits best) > , imported previous version and working on an current release... > > * Currently (20100320) latest release builds and runs on most arch ...
Just wondering, considering the current move *away* from VRML with new standards like WebGL, is there a compelling reason to add yet another VRML browser ? Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100322085233.gc20...@glandium.org
