ICU2004: SKILL SIG, OpenSKILL Initiative

* If you are not a SKILL coder/developer feel free to disregard this
message. *

Greetings,

At ICU2004 we will be seeking input & feedback on a couple of SKILL-related
questions:

1. Is there sufficient interest in SKILL within the user-base to warrant the
creation of an ICU SKILL SIG?

2a. Is there sufficient interest in SKILL within the user-base to warrant
the creation and support of an open-source SKILL effort? This would take the
form of a public website where members could donate SKILL code for the
betterment of the community, collaborate on SKILL projects, and/or enhance
any donated SKILL.

2b. If the interest in #2 is sufficient, what form should the public website
take? Should it be hosted on Sourceforge, Sourcelink, other? What features
should the website offer? (File respository, user-access controls,
discussion forums, news/annoucements, etc?

We will be distributing treeware response forms at the "Accelerated Layout
Techpanel" at ICU2004 on Wednesday 9:30-10:30am. Please come by, pick up a
form, and submit your feedback.

Regards,

....dtw

 

David:
There is interest in your openSKILL initiative. A searchable SKILL
file repository would be really helpful as one could get ideas on how
to solve a problem by looking at similar code. I am sure that many
companies have utility code to enhance icfb. It would be fun to see
that code reviewed by a community and made bulletproof and optimized
for possible inclusion into production icfb. I would be hesitant to
use sourcelink as not all Cadence users have access (university
users...). The site could also help get people up to speed with SKILL
by giving them more access to examples. I would also like to see a
repository of OCEAN examples.

 

I am definitely interested.
On my wishlist:
- a section on skill dev tools
- a theory section, for instance with articles about lisp and lisp VMs