On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 2:25 AM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]> wrote:
> As I mentioned in a previous thread I think we should stick to Ubuntu > 10.04 for this next release to save ourselves some time/work on the base > system that could be more focused towards improvements of other > features. (Note: I've also seen on some lists that usb based systems > under Meerkat have some issues around booting) As a proposal for improvement: I think we should try to move towards using packages instead of install scripts for most programs (and we can even do it for the documentation). advantages: - packages can be reasonably well tested on any ubuntu 10.4 system without having to build the live dvd - an installed live dvd can update packages (and the user can remove things he doesn't like) - eg security updates - packages can be used by normal ubuntu users which want to install some gis applications - building can occur on a different pc: build time for the dvd itself goes down and less chance that unneeded build-dependencies are installed disadvantage: - it might be more difficult Although it is true that it may be difficult to create a well working package that builds from source, if we adopt a less strict regime and allow binary packages (or treat binary files as source files), many programs which are now installed as a tarball/jar should be relatively easy convertible to packages. if we group are programs: already installed as a package: atlasstyler, geopublisher, gmt, grass, gvsig, mapguide, mapnik?, mapserver, maptiler,marble, opencpn, osgearth, osm, (ossim), pgrouting, postgis, pywps,qgis, R, saga, spatialite?, viking, zygrib installed as a tarball or jar: 52nWPS, degree, geokettle, geomajas, geonetwork,geoserver, gisdata, gpsdrive?, kosmo, mapbender,openjump,openlayers, ossim, sahana, spatialite?, udig,ushahidi, zoo compiled during installation: main-docs, (mapfish, mapnik?) Most programs also install documentation, icons, ... things which can go in a package as well. I could try to give some proposals, but prior to investing time in that I would like to hear what the others (especially those who maintained the dvd up to now) think. Johan _______________________________________________ Live-demo mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc
