Hi Samuel. Chin Luh,<div><br></div><div>Ok...let me command as a user.</div><div><br></div><div>I hesitated to comment, because I am not sure if I am educated enough to answer the question, if IPCV maintenance should be continued. </div><div><br></div><div>My first question back to Chin Luh would be...What do you mean by maintenance?... Adding new functions?</div><div><br></div><div>My second question is: Why would the obviously success of the toolbox be a reason to stop maintenance? </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Best Regards, </div><div>Philipp</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>Am Freitag, 18. Dezember 2020 schrieb Samuel Gougeon <<a href="mailto:sgougeon@free.fr">sgougeon@free.fr</a>>:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
  
    
  
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    <div>Dear Chin Luh,</div>
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    <div>Thank you so much for addressing the
      critical topic of external modules maintenance.<br>
      While IPCV is the most downloaded module, your fair question<br>
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    <div>>So should IPCV continue to be
      maintained ...? <br>
      <div>sounds desperate to me. I rather share the same feeling:
        Almost 5 days after your message, not a single answer from
        users...!<br>
        <br>
        So, apparently, the answer is likely: No, it's not worth
        maintaining the most downloaded module, and therefore No, it's
        not worth maintaining any other external module.</div>
      <div>Let's stop maintaining ATOMS for 2021. The ghosts of silent
        users are certainly rich enough to pay commercial equivalent
        tools.<br>
        <br>
        Since there are 12 days left before 2021, i will answer for
        particular cases in separate (sub-)threads.<br>
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        Best regards<br>
        Samuel<br>
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    <div>Le 14/12/2020 à 05:44, Chin Luh Tan a
      écrit :<br>
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      <div dir="ltr">Sometimes it is hard to decide whether to continue
        maintaining an atoms module or not.... So I did "snapshots" of
        downloads on 9/11/2020 21:44 and 14/12/2020 12:20 respectively
        to see which modules are in the actual top downloads. 
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        <div>Still, this is not a fair result, such as IPCV having some
          "patches" which will increase the download number, and some
          other factors as well. </div>
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        <div>So should IPCV continue to be maintained ...? <br>
          <div><br>
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          <div>Here's the results. </div>
          <div><br>
          </div>
          <div>
            <table style="border-collapse:collapse;width:265pt" width="354" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0">
              <colgroup><col style="width:217pt" width="290"> <col style="width:48pt" width="64"> </colgroup><tbody>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;width:217pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" width="290" height="19">Image Processing and
                    Computer Vision Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="width:48pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" width="64" align="right">4620</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">CPGE</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">3176</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">MinGw toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">2946</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Arduino</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">2936</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">CelestLab</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">2841</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">iodelay toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">2429</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Coselica</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">1812</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">SIMM</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">1800</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Image Processing Design Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">1394</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Fuzzy Logic Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">1186</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Scilab Computer Vision Module</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">1129</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">GUI Builder</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">972</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Scilab Image and Video Processing
                    toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">860</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Distfun</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">855</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Apifun</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">804</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Serial Communication Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">781</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Time Frequency Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">776</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Free Access Chemometric Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">770</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Autoelem Toolbox</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">768</td>
                </tr>
                <tr style="height:14.4pt" height="19">
                  <td style="height:14.4pt;padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" height="19">Specfun</td>
                  <td style="padding-top:1px;padding-right:1px;padding-left:1px;color:black;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;vertical-align:bottom;border:none;white-space:nowrap" align="right">738</td>
                </tr>
              </tbody>
            </table>
          </div>
        </div>
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