[analog-help] The next 'best' analyzer...?

[Aengus]

On Friday, August 31, 2007 6:49 AM [EDT],
Per Jessen <per at computer.org> wrote:

> Eric Gorr wrote:
>
>> Since Analog 6.0 is the last version, I was wondering if people had
>> any opinion on what the next 'best' analyzer is or will be?
>>
>
> I find it difficult to believe that no-one has picked up where Stephen
> left off - are there no developers on this list?  I did some work (XML
> output) on analog myself about three years ago, but right now I just
> haven't got the time to get involved.
>
> There isn't really much of a learning curve - the package is just the
> source code and a Makefile.  There's no SVN or autoconf to make things
> complicated :-)
>
> Even if an updated version couldn't be published at www.analog.cx,
> someone could still create a fork and publish that.

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg? Do you start with a fork, or do 
you start with unmet needs? Most forks occur because someone needs an 
application to do something that it currently can't do. Analog has been user 
modified to meet minor needs, but the occasional calls for functionality 
that isn't in Analog (path tracking, or exit page reporting) aren't things 
that would necessarily fall out of the processing that Analog already does.

Aengus