[Qgis-user] Defining the SEXTANTE roadmap

[Filipe Dias]

Hi,

I also think that the most important thing now is to fix existing bugs and
to test all Sextante algorithms. From what I see in the bugtracker, I
suspect there are entire areas of Sextante that haven't been tested by
anyone at all (there are almost no tickets for Orfeo for example). I've
been using Sextante for a while and each time I work with it I end up
filing quite a few bug reports.

At the moment I think that SAGA, GRASS, ftools and R integration make
Sextante the most powerful geoprocessing platform thay I know of. So I
would sugest prioritizing bug fixing and testing over integrating other
backends/new tools.

Thank you Victor once more for bringing Sextante to QGIS

Best regards





On Sat, Dec 1, 2012 at 11:27 AM, Bernd Vogelgesang <bernd.vogelgesang at gmx.de
> wrote:

> Am 30.11.2012, 23:52 Uhr, schrieb Victor Olaya <volayaf at gmail.com>:
>
>
>  Hi all
>>
>> As you might know, the SEXTANTE project started some time ago at the
>> University of Extremadura (Spain), where I was working. I started
>> creating the QGIS version at the beginning of this year, and now I do
>> not work for the University, but I am still mantaining it. The
>> University has some money that they would like to invest on improving
>> SEXTANTE for QGIS, as this is the version they (and I personally share
>> that) consider more relevant. I am not available for that task, as I
>> have another job, but I would help coordinate the development in my
>> spare time, as I do now.
>>
>> There are some priorities, which involve developing certain new
>> analysis algorithms that are of interest, mostly for academic
>> purposes, and creating good documentation about how to develop new
>> SEXTANTE algorithms, so as to bring more developers in and ensure that
>> SEXTANTE will keep on growing. But apart from that, we would like to
>> hear from the community, to know what is better for SEXTANTE.
>>
>> So, in short:
>>
>> - The University has some money (not much...but some) and wants to
>> invest it wisely
>> - It is looking for ideas to define the work to do (apart from its
>> particular interest), in order to turn SEXTANTE into a really powerful
>> tool.
>> - We are looking for someone to do this work.
>>
>> Let's start with the second point.... How do you think we should spend
>> this money on SEXTANTE?
>>
>> Please, comment on this and help us push SEXTANTE forward.
>>
>> Many thanks in advance.
>>
>> Victor
>>
>
> Hi Victor,
>
> when i saw the first annoucements for SEXTANTE in QGIS, i was really
> excited, and your responsiveness for this matter is really great.
> So, i would give the money to YOU ;)
>
> In a foreseeable future, the current plugin presentation in the standard
> menus and toolbar-icons will not be able to hold all functions in a
> comfortable way anymore.
> I personally think, the SEXTANTE approach (though i have NO idea what's
> technically behind it and what it was basically intended for) should become
> the core means for accessing functionalities in QGIS.
> ... actually like the ArcGIS-Toolbox, the only thing i really like on that
> software compared to the current QGIS way...
>
> It would be great if in the future, new (or rewritten) plugins could be
> designed directly towards a sextante integration (so if not possible to
> completely integrate, at least make the function findable through the
> search and then fire the custom form).
>
> Another thing i would really like to see in sextante and in qgis in
> general would be to be able to drag and drop layers into the forms instead
> of having to fumble through dozens of layers in a drop-down only.
>
> So that was my wishlist.
> Lets see what Santa Claus will bring ;)
>
> Bernd
>
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