Thanks Andreas, It is probably easiest for us to do it through a swiss company. I will contact camp2camp. Is there a code-sprint planned or how would the porting effort work?
Andreas On Mon, 13 Feb 2012 15:00:50 +0100, Andreas Hocevar wrote: > Thanks for your report Andreas. I have already heard about the > Sourcepole effort, but it seems this is really not related to GeoExt. > > Regarding your sponsoring: The best way forward would be to contact > one of Camptocamp, terrestris, Mapgears or OpenGeo and make a > sponsoring commitment. If you prefer, you can also tell me which of > these four organisations you want to handle your funding, and I'll > make sure they reach out to you. > > Thanks again, > Andreas. > > On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 8:06 AM, Andreas Neumann > <a.neum...@carto.net> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> We have some interest in the porting to ExtJS4 - we use parts of >> GeoExt >> in QGIS Webclient and would like to migrate to ExtJS4. We can help >> with >> some sponsoring, though limited. I also know that the Kanton of >> Zurich >> and Sourcepole is developing with Ext4 - but don't know how much >> GeoExt >> is involved there. I think they ported the minimum stuff from >> GeoExt >> they needed to ExtJS4. >> >> Things we have particular interest in porting: >> >> * GeoExt.MapPanel >> * GeoExt.tree.WMSCapabilitiesLoader >> * GeoExt.data.PrintProvider >> * GeoExt.plugins.PrintExtent >> * GeoExt.ZoomSliderTip >> * GeoExt.Action (for navigation) >> >> So at least some interest from Switzerland. >> >> Regards, >> Andreas >> >> >> >> On Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:08:22 +1100, Roald de Wit wrote: >>> Hi Andreas and list, >>> >>> I waited a few days before I replied to see if there was any >>> interest >>> from others. Judging by the amount of responses (zero so far), I >>> fear >>> that the Pledgebank initiative won't be a great success. How much >>> faith >>> do you have in it? If you are optimistic, we could run it past the >>> users >>> list and see how much interest there is. Would it be possible for >>> people >>> to have freedom in the amount that they pledge to contribute? I can >>> imagine a company wanting to contribute $500 and an individual $100 >>> for >>> example. >>> >>> Cheers, Roald >>> >>> On 07/02/12 21:26, Andreas Hocevar wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I agree that having a donation button would be awesome, but >>>> currently >>>> there is no legal entity behind the GeoExt project. We could apply >>>> for >>>> OSGeo incubation, but it would take a while until we are an OSGeo >>>> project, and until then, only the organizations that are involved >>>> in >>>> GeoExt could accept donations - which may feel a bit awkward. So >>>> for >>>> this effort, the easiest way to contribute would be to contact the >>>> organization of their least distrust (terrestris, Mapgears, >>>> Camptocamp, OpenGeo) and commit to some funding. >>>> >>>> But there may be another option: A successful fund raising effort >>>> was >>>> http://www.pledgebank.com/postgistopology, which raised 3250 Euros >>>> within a month. If we want to do this, we should set a realistic >>>> target for small pledges (e.g. 22 people pledge 222 Euros (it's >>>> for >>>> GeoExt 2, so 2 would be a magic number, and this would sum up to >>>> about >>>> 6000 US$). Of course there is the risk that people who pledged >>>> don't >>>> pay, but at least the pledges can then be processed individually >>>> by >>>> the four organizations, e.g. divided by geographic proximity of >>>> the >>>> person who pledged. >>>> >>>> How does that sound? >>>> >>>> Andreas. >>>> >>>> On Mon, Feb 6, 2012 at 2:19 AM, Roald de Wit<l...@rdewit.net> >>>> wrote: >>>>> Hi, >>>>> >>>>> This is great news! Maybe smaller organisations (or even >>>>> individuals) >>>>> would like to contribute something but don't know how. >>>>> >>>>> Would it be an idea to: >>>>> - set up a basic page describing the details of the code sprint >>>>> - have a way to donate (maybe something PayPal-ish?) >>>>> - have a list of 'current status of donations' with the names of >>>>> the >>>>> donating organisations/individuals (if they wish to be named of >>>>> course) >>>>> - maybe have a wish-list for people that donate (or maybe even >>>>> everybody) for what to include in GeoExt 2 >>>>> ? >>>>> >>>>> Many small donations can add up quickly. :-) >>>>> >>>>> Regards, Roald >>>>> >>>>> On 04/02/12 04:19, Andreas Hocevar wrote: >>>>>> Today the GeoExt PSC and representatives of terrestris and >>>>>> Mapgears >>>>>> agreed on making the following announcement: >>>>>> >>>>>> Ext JS 4.x has been available for a while now, and GeoExt 1.x >>>>>> only >>>>>> works with Ext JS 3.x. With new attractive features in Ext JS >>>>>> 4.x >>>>>> (e.g. charting, harmonized API with Sencha Touch for mobile >>>>>> applications), users demand a GeoExt version that works with Ext >>>>>> JS >>>>>> 4.x. This sprint is about working on such a version. Let’s give >>>>>> it >>>>>> the >>>>>> working title “GeoExt 2.0”. >>>>>> >>>>>> Four organizations involved in the development of GeoExt have >>>>>> expressed interest in getting together for a code sprint to make >>>>>> GeoExt work with Ext JS 4.x: Camptocamp and OpenGeo are two of >>>>>> the >>>>>> founding organizations of GeoExt, with core committers that >>>>>> maintain >>>>>> the project. terrestris has experience in implementing >>>>>> geo-related >>>>>> features on top of Ext JS 4 and Sencha Touch. They also have >>>>>> developed >>>>>> gxm, a flavor of GeoExt that works on mobile devices, an effort >>>>>> that >>>>>> was reviewed by GeoExt core committers. Mapgears is a solution >>>>>> provider delivering applications based on GeoExt. They have >>>>>> contributed many features to GeoExt, and maintain several user >>>>>> extensions. >>>>>> >>>>>> The goal of the sprint is to release a preliminary version of >>>>>> GeoExt >>>>>> 2.0, which will immediately be available to the community and >>>>>> funding >>>>>> organizations, but may not yet have all the features from GeoExt >>>>>> 1.x. >>>>>> >>>>>> The Ext JS 4.x API is different from the one in previous >>>>>> versions, >>>>>> so >>>>>> a natural consequence of this is that GeoExt 2.0 can not be >>>>>> fully >>>>>> API >>>>>> compatible with GeoExt 1.x. >>>>>> >>>>>> terrestris, MapGears, Camptocamp and OpenGeo have come up with >>>>>> an >>>>>> estimated funding requirement of US$ 52,000, which covers the >>>>>> costs of >>>>>> up to 8 developers getting together for focused work on GeoExt >>>>>> 2.0 >>>>>> for >>>>>> 5 days. The budget includes travel costs, accommodation and >>>>>> food, >>>>>> and >>>>>> a share of the costs of the development hours (the rest of the >>>>>> development hours will be covered by the 4 organizations). >>>>>> >>>>>> Funding organizations may communicate their priorities for >>>>>> GeoExt >>>>>> 1.x >>>>>> features they want ported to 2.0. These priorities will be >>>>>> considered, >>>>>> but fulfillment cannot be guaranteed, due to dependencies on >>>>>> other >>>>>> features that require more work to be ported. >>>>>> >>>>>> A date for the sprint can be set as soon as the commitment from >>>>>> funding organizations sums up to the amount of US$ 52,000. We >>>>>> hope >>>>>> that the sprint can happen some time between now and April 2012. >>>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> Dev mailing list >>>>> Dev@geoext.org >>>>> http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >>>> >>>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Dev mailing list >>> Dev@geoext.org >>> http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev >> >> -- >> -- >> Andreas Neumann >> Böschacherstrasse 10A >> 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH) >> Switzerland >> _______________________________________________ >> Dev mailing list >> Dev@geoext.org >> http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev -- -- Andreas Neumann Böschacherstrasse 10A 8624 Grüt (Gossau ZH) Switzerland _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@geoext.org http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
