Thanks Alex, This is good news. In 9h we will meet to declare final, so this makes things easier.
Cheers, Angelos On Tue, Feb 19, 2013 at 10:02 AM, Alex Mandel <[email protected]>wrote: > FYI, I just completed a test run of the full iso build based on r10k. > It's a little large at ~5 GB. I'll look over the installer selection > tomorrow and adjust. Script appears to be working fine and all download > links succeeded. > > I also added a note on how to do the process > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Build#Build_Full_ISO_from_Mini_ISO > > Thanks, > Alex > > > > On 02/16/2013 12:05 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote: > > Unless someone finds a show-stopper issue, I'm anticipating we will be > > releasing osgeo-live 6.5rc2 as final in 24 or 48 hours. > > I'd like to talk over final release details with the rest of our osgeo > > live community at our usual meeting slot in 24 hours (or 48 hours if key > > players are actually dipping into their non-virtual lives over the > > weekend). > > > > > http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2013&month=2&day=17&hour=19&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=224&p3=22&p4=240&p5=215 > > > > > > On 17/02/13 06:44, Cameron Shorter wrote: > >> I agree with Angelos, > >> > >> Sounds like the ubuntu point release is unlikely to impact our > >> applications, and has some improvements we would benefit from. > >> Ie: Bugs fixed is expected to be greater than bugs introduced. > >> > >> On 17/02/13 03:51, Angelos Tzotsos wrote: > >>> Hi Brian, > >>> > >>> Some answers inline: > >>> > >>> On 02/16/2013 06:14 PM, [email protected] wrote: > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2013 17:53:16 +0200, Angelos Tzotsos > >>>> <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>> Hi all, > >>>>> I have completed a new build based on 12.04.2 and it looks good so > >>>>> far. > >>>>> > http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/dev/osgeo-live-debug-build10000.iso > >>>>> This could be RC2 if we decide to make this extra step towards > >>>>> Secure Boot. > >>>>> I would like to hear more opinions about our options here. Hamish > >>>>> proposed another option on IRC yesterday: > >>>>> 4. Release RC1 as Final and do a 6.5.1 with the 12.04.2 Xubuntu > >>>>> base after a month or so, when more feedback will be available. > >>>> > >>>> from a testing point of view, you have to say, where are the risks? > >>>> e.g. What set of users and hardware are affected by the changes in > >>>> 12.04.2 ? > >>> > >>> Until RC1 we used Xubuntu 12.04.1 base iso and during *all* our > >>> builds we used "apt-get upgrade". > >>> This means all updates until the day we built RC1 are included > >>> (except kernel updates that were kept back to protect chroot > >>> environment) > >>> The new 12.04.2 base iso brings in updates that were released the > >>> last couple of days (Qt4, openJDK updates and a new kernel) > >>> The new kernel (3.2.0-37) brings support for Secure Boot and I > >>> seriously doubt that it would affect any software of our stack. > >>> OpenJDK update brings in the last *very critical* java patches that > >>> so much noise was made around the internet the last weeks. My opinion > >>> is that this is a serious security update and we should ship with it. > >>> Regarding Qt4 updates, small part of our stack is built on Qt and we > >>> can test those applications to check that they are not affected. > >>> > >>>> How could those be at risk given this change? > >>> > >>> Regarding hardware, I am not sure we ever tested on specific > >>> hardware. I feel that we always trust Ubuntu on this area. Why should > >>> this change now? > >>> > >>>> > >>>> internally, it is unlikely that application layer software is > >>>> affected much by > >>>> a tiny point change like that, but what might the interactions be? > >>>> Are there changes that effect any of the software stacks? > >>> > >>> I think this is covered above. > >>> > >>>> The rote way to test is to mechanically re-examine all bugs, and > >>>> re-examine all features, and re-examine all quickstarts, when there > >>>> is a platform change.. This is labor intensive and as noted, we dont > >>>> have the labor available to do that.. > >>> > >>> I understand that we lack on the testing side, and yes we need more > >>> testers to make all the quality checks needed. > >>> > >>>> > >>>> It is always smart to characterize the nature of the delta, and use > >>>> insight to try to find where bugs and problems are likely to be... > >>>> Since Ubuntu Linux and the software on the Live is very complex, > >>>> I welcome the ideas of others to make good decisions about testing > >>>> to acheive quality, and decisions about change to lessen risk to > >>>> quality. > >>> > >>> I feel that since testing was only done so far by a small number of > >>> users, it would not be hard to run one more round of testing before > >>> release, but I really want to hear everybody's opinion on this. > >>> > >>>> best regards > >>>> -Brian > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Brian M Hamlin > >>>> OSGeo California Chapter > >>>> > >>> > >>> Best, > >>> Angelos > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Angelos Tzotsos > >>> Remote Sensing Laboratory > >>> National Technical University of Athens > >>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos > >>> > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> Live-demo mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > >>> http://live.osgeo.org > >>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Cameron Shorter > >> Geospatial Solutions Manager > >> Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050 > >> Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254 > >> > >> Think Globally, Fix Locally > >> Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source > >> http://www.lisasoft.com > >> > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Live-demo mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > > http://live.osgeo.org > > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > > > > _______________________________________________ > Live-demo mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/live-demo > http://live.osgeo.org > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc > -- Angelos Tzotsos Remote Sensing Laboratory National Technical University of Athens http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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