Hi Kurt, many thanks for this ITP! I guess now I understand why FreeCAD is sometime chokes on some models Debian :-/
As I use FreeCAD a lot, I also offer to lend a helping hand if desired or if you need a sponsor for uploading when ready. I can certanly also help on the topics brought by Anton.. Cheers, -- tobi On Sat, 2 Dec 2017 10:10:40 +0100 Anton Gladky <gl...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > from my point of view it is OK to switch to the original opencascade > implementation. > But one need: > > - be sure that the all oce-dependent packages can be built against opencascade > - double check the licenses of all files. > > It is a good time right now to do such large package transition because > we have about 1 year to finish it before the Debian will be frozen before > the next release. > > There is even an old git-repo [1] which you can use for opencascade. > Feel free to join Debian science team to get an access to it. > > PS Also I am looking for a freecad co-maintainer or somebody who can > take over this and dependent package. > > [1] https://anonscm.debian.org/cgit/debian-science/packages/opencasca de.git > > Best regards > > Anton > > > 2017-11-30 19:57 GMT+01:00 <kkremit...@gmail.com>: > > Hello Anton & Debian Science Team: > > > > > > On Mon, 2017-11-27 at 19:36 +0100, Anton Gladky wrote: > >> Hi, > >> > >> thanks for intending to package opencascade! I would though recommend > >> not > >> to have both versions (original and the fork) in Debian at the same > >> time. > >> > >> If you have good reasons to bring back original version, please > >> contact Debian > >> Science Team, which is maintaining oce (and actually FreeCAD) at the > >> moment. > >> We will try to find a solution for that. > >> > >> Best regards > >> > >> Anton > >> > > > > There is certainly good reason to bring back OpenCASCADE (OCCT). As I > > mentioned, development of OCE has stalled considerably. Take a look at > > both the contribution graph and current release of OCE [1]. The > > current OCE version, 0.18.2, released Aug 2017, is based upon OCCT > > 6.9.1 which was released 2015-09-28. You can also take a look at the > > OCCT changelog for versions 7.0.0, 7.1.0, and 7.2.0 (which actually is > > released, this is not totally up-to-date) [2]. There are 196 upstream > > tickets closed between OCE and OCCT (whether bugs fixed or features > > added.) There are at least 15 FreeCAD bugs resolved by OCCT > 7. > > > > Since OpenCASCADE acts as FreeCAD's geometry/topology kernel, good
