Hi, I wonder whether someone can point me to the list where I can ask for help with the packaging for Debian of these applications?
Best wishes, Rinigus On Fri, Apr 26, 2019 at 10:36 PM rinigus <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Debian GIS list members, > > I am a developer of Pure Maps (https://github.com/rinigus/pure-maps) and > OSM Scout Server (https://github.com/rinigus/osmscout-server). The both > applications were originally developed for Sailfish OS to cover our mapping > needs (map view, geocoding, routing, online/offline), but have been ported > now to Linux desktop (Qt Controls and Kirigami). Hence, I wonder whether > someone would be interested in packaging these programs for Debian. > > This maps stack is somewhat different from what's common on other mobile > platforms. Out of them, Pure Maps is an application that shows maps, allows > to search, route and perform other operations by querying different > services. Pure Maps supports navigation, turn-by-turn instructions given on > screen and using TTS (via mimic, flite, and picoTTS). > > The second application, OSM Scout Server, provides map tiles (vector and > raster), search and route calculation services. As a result, any online > maps client (Pure Maps, modRana, Gnome Maps), can obtain offline > functionality with minimal effort (mainly have to adjust HTTP API calls, > supported by Pure Maps and modRana) by accessing OSM Scout Server running > at localhost. In addition, the server supports DBus for map matching. The > server is built around Mapnik, libpostal, Valhalla, and libosmscout (older > version, depricated backend for now). > > In offline mode, end users, when not downloading offline maps, are just > interfacing map client software (Pure Maps or some other). OSM Scout Server > is started automatically on the background via systemd socket activation > and shutdown when not in use for some time. Such seamless integration works > very well in practice and allows to have similar experience as all-in-one > solution. > > The both applications are available at Flathub (no systemd socket > activation for that version of the server). > > I wonder whether someone in this list would be interested in packaging > these applications for Debian. I don't use Debian nor Debian-based distro > for my PCs these days and would probably not be good maintainer for it as a > result. However, I'll be happy to help and it shouldn't take too long if we > work together with someone who has experience in Debian packaging. There is > a significant list of libraries that would have to be packaged, but it > should all be possible. We can get into the details if there is interest > and discuss the libraries as well. > > Best wishes, > > Rinigus >
