Bug#574881: ITP: freewrl -- VRML browser for 3D contents works also as mozilla plugin

[Philippe Coval <rzr@gna.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Philippe Coval <rzr@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 ...


Sponsoring, co-maintenance, or testing will be appreciated.

For more info check my "status" page, i'll update it :

http://rzr.online.fr/q/vrml

Regards