Bug 2126323

Summary: Review Request: camotics - CAMotics is an Open-Source software which can simulate 3-axis NC machining.
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Sergey <sergey>
Component: Package ReviewAssignee: Benson Muite <benson_muite>
Status: ASSIGNED --- QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance <extras-qa>
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Description Sergey 2022-09-13 07:20:22 UTC
Spec: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/snmende/camotics/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/04950120-camotics/camotics.spec
SRPM: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/snmende/camotics/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/04950120-camotics/camotics-1.2.2~rc1%5E20220930gitf7ebe36-1.fc38.src.rpm
Description: CAMotics is an Open-Source software which can simulate
3-axis NC machining. It is a fast, flexible and user friendly simulation
software for the DIY and Open-Source community.

At home manufacturing is one of the next big technology revolutions. Much like
the PC was 30 years ago. There have been major advances in desktop 3D printing
(e.g.  Maker Bot) yet uptake of desktop CNCs has lagged despite the
availability of cheap CNC machines. One of the major reasons for this is a
lack of Open-Source simulation and CAM (model to tool path conversion)
software. CAM and NC machine simulation present some very difficult
programming problems as evidenced by 30+ years of academic papers on these
topics. Whereas 3D printing simulation and tool path generation is much
easier. However, such software is essential to using a CNC.

Being able to simulate is a critical part of creating usable CNC tool paths.
Programming a CNC with out a simulator is cutting with out measuring; it's
both dangerous and expensive. With CAMotics you can preview the results of
your cutting operations before you fire up your machine. This will
save you time and money and open up a world of creative possibilities by
allowing you to rapidly visualize and improve upon designs without wasting
material or breaking tools.
Fedora Account System Username: snmende
Build: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/snmende/camotics/build/4950120/

Comment 3 Neal Gompa 2022-09-19 01:39:40 UTC
Why is cbang bundled in here? By all rights, it looks like the library can be unbundled and packaged separately? The scons build script supports being built as a shared library even.

Comment 4 Sergey 2022-09-19 01:51:45 UTC
(In reply to Neal Gompa from comment #3)
> Why is cbang bundled in here? By all rights, it looks like the library can
> be unbundled and packaged separately? The scons build script supports being
> built as a shared library even.

Two reasons:
- first, the developer does not want to put efforts into maintaining its shared use by camotics, please, see https://github.com/CauldronDevelopmentLLC/cbang/issues/30. Joseph, the author of camotics, is a developer of a cbang lib as well;
- second, I did not find another project that uses cbang. 

I know that bundling is not welcome and I personally don't like it too. I will see if the the camotics being built with a shared version is functional.

Thank you

Comment 5 Benson Muite 2022-09-19 05:20:56 UTC
Thanks for attempting to unbundle.

Comment 6 Sergey 2022-09-23 09:29:40 UTC
(In reply to Benson Muite from comment #5)
> Thanks for attempting to unbundle.

Benson, that wasn't straightforward, but I managed. Please, see bug 2129304 and bug 2129303
It was not possible to unbundle cairo and pixmap from camotics itself as it uses some ancient version last committed six years ago. 

Spec: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/snmende/camotics/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/04869759-camotics/camotics.spec
SRPM: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/snmende/camotics/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/04869759-camotics/camotics-1.2.2~rc1%5E20220918git30b5b302-1.fc38.src.rpm
Build: https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/snmende/camotics/build/4869759/

Comment 7 Package Review 2023-10-18 00:45:27 UTC
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Comment 8 Benson Muite 2023-10-23 13:03:34 UTC
Happy to finish review once dependent package is imported.

Comment 9 Sergey 2023-10-23 13:06:49 UTC
(In reply to Benson Muite from comment #8)
> Happy to finish review once dependent package is imported.

I doubt: I don't see any interest for a year.

Comment 10 Benson Muite 2023-10-23 14:51:55 UTC
In case it is helpful, information on getting sponsored:
https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/package-maintainers/New_Package_Process_for_New_Contributors/#get_sponsored

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Comment 12 Benson Muite 2024-10-23 02:05:20 UTC
Happy to continue with this.  Would need to get sponsored and have dependent package imported.

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Comment 14 Benson Muite 2025-10-31 04:08:44 UTC
Happy to finish the review. Can now sponsor.

Comment 15 Fedora Review Service 2025-11-20 12:50:04 UTC
Hello,
I do realize that this is possibly an old ticket. I am sorry that it hasn't been
reviewed yet. Let me trigger the Fedora Review Service to see if the package
builds successfully. Hopefully, a green check mark will attract some reviewer.

If I am resurrecting an old ticket that you are not interested in anymore, my
apologies, feel free to close it.

[fedora-review-service-build]

Comment 16 Fedora Review Service 2025-11-20 12:50:20 UTC
There seems to be some problem with the following file.
SRPM URL: https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/snmende/camotics/fedora-rawhide-x86_64/04869759-camotics/camotics-1.2.2~rc1%5E20220918git30b5b302-1.fc38.src.rpm
Fetching it results in a 404 Not Found error.
Please make sure the URL is correct and publicly available.


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