Left in full, because I know someone who had tried to maintain VCG. He contacted the author, so maybe he will have important advice to deliver.
| --- Akim Demaille <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > >>>>> "James" == James Michael DuPont <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: | > | > James> Dear All, I am ccing you on this because you were involved in | > James> the discussion with the VCG and the uglified sources. | > | > Thanks for the pointer, but I'm going to start with a stupid | > question: | > do we want to maintain VCG instead of lobbying for Graphvisz? | | I my opinion : Yes, we do. | Please do lobby for Graphviz, I dont think you will get it untill they | feel threatened by vcg. | | There are some who say that GraphViz will becode GPL, and when it does, | I will use it. Until then we should work on vcg. | | Also graphviz is only powerful if people support it, if the users have | a free alternative, then they might choose (gnu)vcg. The issue is that | lots of people are contributing to graphvis, they should contribute to | vcg. | | We should parse the dot, dotty and other files as well. Then we can | provide direct competition. | | > Did | > RMS | > say something about this issue (the format that GNU programs should | > output)? | | He said that we should not output files, but produce results for users. | Dont dump the programs memory into xml, but provide a service that is | usefull. Every file allows anyone to use it. The more you output the | less free software will be produced. Sorry, but I don't understand what you mean. My question is: does RMS ask for VCG output instead of dot output. | | mike | | | ===== | James Michael DuPont | http://introspector.sourceforge.net/ | | __________________________________________________ | Do you Yahoo!? | Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More | http://faith.yahoo.com
