Hi, I was thinking the same about UbuntuGIS, count me in.
Jachym P.S. Thank you all for this positive feedback in the discussion Dne 25.9.2013 15:54, Daniel Morissette napsal(a): > FYI I talked with Alan yesterday about setting up a PSC for UbuntuGIS to > increase this project's bus number. > > Let's see what OSGeo4W does, and UbuntuGIS will likely adopt a similar > approach. > > I agree with those who wrote that we should aim to share as much as > possible between the various distros, for instance we should aim to > reuse/share the getting started docs produced by OSGeo-Live. > > That being said I am not convinced that a single PSC overseeing all > binary distros could be very efficient. OSGeo4W, UbuntuGIS, OSGeo-Live, > etc, all have some commonalities, but also some big differences in the > end product due to the nature of the platform that they target. Separate > PSCs/teams focused on each platform seem more natural to me, even if > some devs end up participating on multiple teams, but I'd be happy to be > proven wrong of course. > > Daniel > > > On 13-09-25 9:43 AM, Frank Warmerdam wrote: >> Folks, >> >> I have initiated an RFC for a project management committee for >> OSGeo4W. I'd encourage everyone interested in participating to joint >> the osgeo4w-dev mailing list and to continue detailed discussion >> there. >> >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev >> >> I think this list (osgeo-discuss) is a great place to discuss linkages >> between different packaging efforts. >> >> Best regards, >> Frank >> >> >> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Jo Cook <joc...@astuntechnology.com> >> wrote: >>> The newest version of Portable GIS doesn't require quite so many admin >>> privileges, but I've also slimmed it down dramatically so it fits on a >>> smaller USB stick, so it contains a lot less software (no gvsig, no >>> mysql >>> etc). It is used extensively for training courses in the UK, without too >>> many problems, and the new version should be better again as I have a >>> windows 8 VM to test on at last. >>> >>> I'd like to bring Portable GIS in line with OSGeo4W and OSGeo Live- I've >>> spoken to both Alex and Cameron about this in the past- but I have >>> some work >>> to do before that's possible- namely around documenting exactly which >>> files >>> I change, and also the build process. It's all in a local mercurial >>> repository at the moment, but I'd really like to get it online. To be >>> honest, my big concern is that I don't always have time to focus on >>> things >>> outside of my core work (maybe that will change post FOSS4G) and I can't >>> guarantee being able to pitch in at release time, or even respond to >>> issues >>> in a timely manner. That's the main reason why I've kept it as a >>> little pet >>> project- so I'm not letting anyone else down! >>> >>> Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this discussion! >>> >>> I think it makes sense to come up with an over-arching >>> project/committee/whatever that covers both OSGeo4W and OSGeo-Live, and >>> maybe PortableGIS at some point, rather than separate projects. It's >>> always >>> better to share work rather than replicate it. Does anyone have any >>> objections to that idea? Personally, I'd then sketch out the >>> workflows for >>> each, and figure out what make-up of committee would be required to >>> oversee >>> that and go through incubation. >>> >>> Jo >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Alex Mandel >>> <tech_...@wildintellect.com> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 09/24/2013 12:50 AM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: >>>>> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Angelos Tzotsos >>>>> <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Hi Daniel, >>>>>> >>>>>> I am in favor of both OSGeoLive and OSGeo4W going through a few weeks >>>>>> incubation process. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Angelos >>>>>> >>>>> My own impression is that if we want to reach out to non-geek GIS >>>>> users the ideal way would be a system like portable GIS with the great >>>>> documentation of the live dvd, ie run and test the programs without >>>>> needing to be admin or having to install different programs. >>>> >>>> I've researched this problem, talked with Jo (Current author of >>>> PortableGIS http://www.archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html) >>>> >>>> There is almost no way to make this work without Admin priveleges on a >>>> windows machine. Some individual apps can be made to work by >>>> extensively >>>> modifying how they look for libs but many require things like a jvm to >>>> run on top of, or a mix of system an local libs (e.g. Visual C++ is >>>> required for many OSGeo4W apps and requires an install, that's actually >>>> about the only part that has to be installed vs just in the OSGeo4w >>>> folder). >>>> >>>> This is actually why I settled on helping create OSGeo Live bootable >>>> products and virtual machines. Of course this isn't perfect either as >>>> figuring out how to boot a disk or usb seems beyond some users, and the >>>> virtual machine still hits needing admin to install virtualization >>>> software. >>>> >>>> I also agree there's no reason many of the documentation efforts can't >>>> be shared. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> Alex >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> Discuss mailing list >>>> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >>>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Jo Cook >>> Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, >>> KT18 >>> 7RL, UK >>> t:+44 7930 524 155 >>> iShare - Data integration and publishing platform >>> >>> ***************************************** >>> >>> Company registration no. 5410695. 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