From dpinte at itae.be  Thu Aug  2 15:03:47 2007
From: dpinte at itae.be (Didrik Pinte)
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2007 15:03:47 +0200
Subject: [Thuban-list] w32 installer updated (v 1.2.1svn)
Message-ID: <1186059827.5039.7.camel@ddp.simpson>

Hi,

I've updated the w32 installer so that it contains the extensions
provided with Thuban. At the moment, the following extensions are
available with the installer : gns2shp, bboxdump, mouseposition,
svgexport, profiler and ogr.

The file is available here : http://wald.intevation.org/frs/?group_id=6

Limitation : 
The 1.2.1svn version of Thuban needs no dependencies to run and thus
contains only what it needs. So, if you have personal extensions that
uses some of the official Python modules, those ones are probably not
included in the Thuban binary and will not work.

Please report any problems with this new version.

Didrik

-- 
Didrik Pinte <dpinte at itae.be>
Information Technologies for the Agro-Environment
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From johnemyr at yahoo.co.uk  Sun Aug 12 10:16:55 2007
From: johnemyr at yahoo.co.uk (John Roberts)
Date: Sun, 12 Aug 2007 09:16:55 +0100
Subject: [Thuban-list] HISTORY OF THUBAN
Message-ID: <BCEJJKLMODODEPILFNCDEEJACLAA.johnemyr@yahoo.co.uk>

Dear All

I am writing a dissertation on spatial FOSS products. I am including Thuban.

I was wondering if anybody could provide me with some information on Thuban
history. I am particularly interested to know:

1. In what year was Thuban first released?
2. Was the Thuban first released as Linux only and if so, in what year was
the Windows version first released?
3. Any other interesting facts about its history.

I am not subscribed to the mailing list. Therefore would any respondents be
so kind as to cc in my personal e-mail address?

Many Thanks for your time.

Kind Regards

John
Manchester, UK



From bernhard at intevation.de  Mon Aug 27 13:01:42 2007
From: bernhard at intevation.de (Bernhard Reiter)
Date: Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:01:42 +0200
Subject: [Thuban-list] HISTORY OF THUBAN
In-Reply-To: <BCEJJKLMODODEPILFNCDEEJACLAA.johnemyr@yahoo.co.uk>
References: <BCEJJKLMODODEPILFNCDEEJACLAA.johnemyr@yahoo.co.uk>
Message-ID: <200708271301.47321.bernhard@intevation.de>

Hi John,

On Sunday 12 August 2007 10:16, John Roberts wrote:
> I am writing a dissertation on spatial FOSS products. I am including
> Thuban.

thanks for considering Thuban!

> I was wondering if anybody could provide me with some information on Thuban
> history. I am particularly interested to know:
>
> 1. In what year was Thuban first released?

http://thuban.intevation.org/newsarchive.html#thuban_0.1
has 2002/04/04 as newsdate, so it will be around this time,
but could have been earlier.
You might want to check the freegis.org mailinglist archive as well.

> 2. Was the Thuban first released as Linux only and if so, in what year was
> the Windows version first released?

Thuban used wxPython and had windows as its target platform from the 
beginning. Without doing some research myself I do not know the data
when the different packages where released.

> 3. Any other interesting facts about its history.

There is lot of stuff to say, so what is your particular interest in?
Interesting about Thuban is that it was a little bit to early and to far
ahead to attract many developers at its time. A difficulty was packaging
and the idea to use the best components for the task. It would required
contributors to learn the component on the same level.
Given that Thuban has only see a bit of development in the last years
it still it very useful which shows that the main design decisions 
were right.

> I am not subscribed to the mailing list. Therefore would any respondents be
> so kind as to cc in my personal e-mail address?

Best,
Bernhard

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