Jerome, Alan,
We discussed ideas about Jerome's contribution toward OSGeo-Live in our
OSGeo-Live weekly meeting yesterday and we see this summer-of-code
project as an excellent opportunity to tackle one of the difficult
packaging issues we have had to date. Namely, the packaging of java
based applications.
Historically, java packaging into ubuntu has been difficult, largely due
to osgeo projects being dependant upon Sun Java, and Debian packaging
OpenJDK. We the last OSGeo-Live release, we successfully moved all
applications on OSGeoLive across to OpenJDK, so we should be in a good
position to start packaging these java based applications.
The other part of the problem, is that java projects usually don't have
much expertise in debian packaging (because they have not been doing
it), and debian packagers have not had much experience with java (again
because they have not been working with it).
What we really need is someone to work out how to bring these two
processes (and communities) together by doing to hard work of working
out what is required. Jerome's summer of code project provides an
excellent opportunity to make a big difference in this regard.
So I'd like to propose:
1. Jerome's primary focus should initially be on working out how to
package java applications into debian based systems (such as UbuntuGIS)
2. Start packaging the key java based applications. (I can introduce you
to key java developers and projects to ask questions of)
3. I suspect we should start with the Geotools library first, then
GeoServer (which is used by a number of other applications), then other
java based applications (depending on which projects step up to work
with Jerome)
Jerome, Alan,
How does that sound for an idea?
On 06/06/13 02:47, Alex Mandel wrote:
On 06/05/2013 09:22 AM, Alan Boudreault wrote:
Hi all,
As some of you may already know, we got a OSGeo Google Summer of Code
slot for UbuntuGIS. I'd like to introduce Jérome Vileneuve Larouche (a
student at The University of Québec at Chicoutimi) You may already have
seen his name on the list since he was working part time with Mapgears
during the last year. As the mentor of the project, I'm going to work
with Jérome to update and improve UbuntuGIS.
The main goals of the project is to:
- Train the student to be comfortable with debian/ubuntu packaging.
- Provide the UbuntuGIS-Stable Upgrade (biannual upgrade)
- Provide packages for Ubuntu Raring.
- Update UbuntuGIS unstable packages with all latest softwares
(Collaborate and contribute to DebianGIS)
- Collaborate with the user on the mailing list to be aware of the known
issues and provide new package and/or fixes
- Provide upstream patches to various osgeo projects.
- Create a new repository for debian stable (7.0) with all current
up-to-date packages
- Create more documentation for users and new contributors. (Howtos,
tutorial)
- Collaborate with the OSGeo LiveDVD project (more packaging for their
setup?)
We would be happy to hear comments/suggestions from the community to
improve UbuntGIS.
Best Regards,
Alan
Awesome. I look forward to more Howtos to help us train more people to
become maintainers of packages.
As a member of UbuntuGIS, and OSGeo Live I'll be happy to help
coordinate between the 2 projects.
Thanks,
Alex
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