Sounds good Andreas. Yes, a code sprint is planned. Andreas.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 3:53 PM, Andreas Neumann <a.neum...@carto.net> wrote: > 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 -- Andreas Hocevar OpenGeo - http://opengeo.org/ Expert service straight from the developers. _______________________________________________ Dev mailing list Dev@geoext.org http://www.geoext.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dev
