New GEOS source structure

Following quick announce a few days ago, I started shifting GEOS source code directories to flatten the structure a bit and to separate header files (.h) from implementation files (.cpp).

The whole process is documented as ticket #315 in the GEOS Trac. The transition has been remarkable smooth. The mission accomplished.

I’ve managed to build and successfully test GEOS with the following configurations:

  • GCC 4.4.1 on Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit with 64-bit build target
  • Visual C++ 8.0 on Windows XP Professional 32-bit with build target 32-bit
  • Visual C++ 9.0 on Windows Vista 64-bit (target 32-bit)
  • Visual C++ 10.0 on Windows 7 Professional 64-bit (target 32-bit)

All build configuration should work well. Let me know if any doesn’t.

ACCU 2010 Registrations Open

A few minutes ago, ACCU Conference Chair Giovanni Asproni announced that registrations to ACCU 2010 conference are now open.

ACCU 2010 on April 14-17, 2010. Barcelo Oxford Hotel, Oxford, UK

ACCU :: Security: Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow

The great line-up of speakers includes among the others Robert Martin (Uncle Bob), Tom Gilb, Andrei Alexandrescu, Walter Bright, Kevlin Henney, Michael Stal , James Coplien, Diomidis Spinellis, John Lakos and many more…

It’s a must-not-miss event!

I started my Open Source Software advantures as a developer around 2002. I haven’t been maintaining a project for longer than a couple of years, but I have decent experience in working with aged and well-settled projects. I have made observations. Here, one talk especially interests me. It should be intesteing to every long time maintainers of Open Source projects based on C++ programming language. It is Renovating a legacy C++ project by noble ACCU member Alan Griffiths.

Video lecture about CMake

Bill Hoffman from Kitware gives presentation about CMake and a pack of related tools to the happiest easygoing working nation on the Earth:

It’s worth to watch if interested in CMake.