Re: [Pkg-grass-general] Fw: Re: [GRASS5] Re: [Fwd: whinging about GRASS again]

[Wolfgang Baer <wbaer@gmx.de>]

Hamish wrote:
> Hello folks,
>
> I was wondering if the smart java clone people might try to see if
> jGRASS will compile .. possible future Debian package?
> (GUI frontend for GRASS)

JGrass is on my TODO list - after Jump and Deegree is packaged with
their dependencies.

JGrass has a lot of dependencies which are not yet in Debian. So it will
be a lot of work before one will actually see the JGrass package in Debian.

Wolfgang


> Begin forwarded message:
>
> Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 19:01:18 +0100
> From: Andrea Antonello <moovida@katamail.com>
> To: grass5@grass.itc.it
> Cc: "Mark P. Line" <mark@polymathix.com>
> Subject: Re: [GRASS5] Re: [Fwd: whinging about GRASS again]
>
>
> On Tuesday 01 February 2005 18:19, Mark P. Line wrote:
>
> > I'd be working about 10 times faster if I could use Java/Swing for GUI
> > work, but that would introduce Yet Another Platform (albeit one that
> > works on everything from cellphones to mainframes). 
>
>
> I agree completely, even if I know I will incur the wrath of the gods in
> this list. Nevertheless I would suggest people knowing java to have a
> look at this:
> http://www.hydrologis.com/html/jgrass/screenshots/images.html
> Please remember that we try to extend GRASS, not to kill it (yes I am 
> afraid :o)).
>
> If someone is interested in trying the installation:
> http://www.hydrologis.com/html/jgrass/jgrass_en.html
>
> This is just an appetizer. In a (hopefully) short while we will
> officially 
> announce the first release and open the CVS to interested people. BTW
> the 
> source is contained in the installation package.
>
> Cheers,
> Andrea