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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi there</div>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I am personally not the most vivid user
of the IPCV, but I can see among my scripts that I was playing
around with it in October 2018. I have used IPCV to manipulate a
piece of graphics that I made, and in a programmatic way
(something totally impractical in any other way). The results:
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">I think the IPCV belongs in the toolbox
for Scilab.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">When it comes to ATOMS, I think the
concept is fundamentally good. I am not qualified to give feedback
to any of the specifics within ATOMS as I found it very difficult
to read up on how to create an ATOMS module, so what I say is that
as a tool for community driven development, it needs a lot better
support.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">With kind regards,</div>
<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Claus<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 18-12-2020 19:22, 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>
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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>
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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 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>
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<div>So should IPCV continue to be maintained ...? <br>
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<div>Here's the results. </div>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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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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