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<font face="Courier New">Dear All,<br>
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I haven't used IPCV</font><font face="Courier New"> so far</font><font
face="Courier New">, but I was planning to start trying it when
finishing with a project that will take me still most of 2021. And
probably earlier than that, since something as basic as reading or
saving an image file is not in the core of Scilab (I think it
should be, in line with the availability of wavread / wavwrite or
csvRead functions).<br>
<br>
If terminating maintenance could eventually lead to an
incompatibility with future versions of Scilab, I think it would
be a bad thing. <br>
<br>
But the addition of new features is a different question, and as
usually happens with any FOSS project, is driven by the users's
wish-lists and requests and by developers which are sufficiently
motivated to work on those features. If there is no demand then
there is no need to go further.<br>
<br>
Regards,<br>
<br>
Federico<br>
<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18/12/2020 15:22, Samuel Gougeon
wrote:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Dear Chin Luh,</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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 class="moz-cite-prefix">>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>
<br>
Best regards<br>
Samuel<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">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>
<div><br>
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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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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<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>
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