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Refer you to How to create an OpenAlea Package.
OpenAlea project intends to facilitate collaborative works and sharing pieces of code. There are different levels of integration (Type):
There are also different level of stability (Status):
OpenAlea packages must be distributed under an OpenSource and free license. If you need help to choose a license, please read the license guidelines.
The license must be included with the package in a file 'LICENSE.txt''. Each source file must also cite the used license. Make sure you have a reference to the used license in each source file.
Example for the starter package which is distributed with CeCILL-C license. In a C++ file:
/*------------------------------------------------------------------------------ *
* OpenAlea.Starter: Example package
*
* Copyright 2006 INRIA - CIRAD - INRA
*
* File author(s): Christophe Pradal <christophe.prada@cirad.fr>
* Samuel Dufour-Kowalski <samuel.dufour@sophia.inria.fr>
* Distributed under the Cecill-C License.
* See accompanying file LICENSE.txt or copy at
* http://www.cecill.info/licences/Licence_CeCILL-C_V1-en.html
*
* OpenAlea WebSite : http://openalea.gforge.inria.fr
*
* $Id: scene_object.h 112 2006-11-23 16:11:15Z dufourko $
*
*-----------------------------------------------------------------------------*/
Only packages which respect OpenAlea charter requirements will be distributed on the platform.
A package can be distributed:
The files can be hosted on the Gforge platform. Contact a project administrator to add your files.
If you don't want to distribute your package on the OpenAlea platform, you can have just a short presentation on the web site and distribute your package on your own.
The Deploy is a setuptools extension which intend to facilitate OpenAlea package installation as Python Egg.
A distributed package must have :
Each OpenAlea package can have pages on the web site. The purpose of this pages is :
By doing this, the users have a direct view of the available package in OpenAlea.
The website is based on a Wiki engine and enable online page editing. However, there is an access restriction. You must be logged to edit web pages. If you have no Login/password and want to add/modify a page, please contact a project member.
To create the web pages for a package, you must create a new subcategory. By this way, you will be able to add several pages if necessary. In order to have uniform contents, we defined a page template. Copy the following code in the wiki editor.
====== Plant Geometric Library ====== **Authors** : **Contributors** : **Institutes** : **Type** : OpenAlea Component / Autonomous application / Pure Python package / Python & C++ Package **Status** : Devel ? - Stable ? **License** : **URL**: ===== About ===== === Description === === Screenshots === ===== Quick Example ===== ===== Installation ===== === Download === === Requirements === === Installation === === Compilation === ===== Documentation ===== //User documentation// //API documentation// ===== Related publications ===== ===== Forum/Mailing list =====