I spy a GSOC project idea: Packaging automation & a guide to train new packagers based on the automated system. Maybe with Frank and Alan as mentors?
Should we also consider doing a packaging session at the sprint at Foss4gNA? Alan will you be there to teach packaging for debian/ubuntu? Thanks, Alex On 03/20/2012 11:35 PM, [email protected] wrote: > Good point, agreed fully. > Thanks for raising this out. > Ready to help of necessary. > > --- > http://faunalia.it/pc > Sent from mobile, sorry for being short > > ----- Reply message ----- > Da: "Frank Warmerdam" <[email protected]> > A: "OSGeo-Board" <[email protected]> > Cc: "Alan Boudreault" <[email protected]>, "Brian Hamlin" > <[email protected]>, "osgeo4w-dev" <[email protected]>, > <[email protected]> > Oggetto: [osgeo4w-dev] Binaries Packaging - A Strategic Investment > Data: mer, mar 21, 2012 07:04 > > > Folks, > > I've mentioned this before, and I don't have anything surprising to add now. > I just wanted to bump this topic. > > I believe that producing good quality integrated distributions of OSGeo > binary software for a major user platforms is strategically important for > OSGeo and would be worth an investment of moderate amounts of money to > promote. > > For me two packaging efforts stick out, though I might be biased. > > 1) OSGeo4W - I think the Windows environment is (still?) very important and > OSGeo4W is a credible community effort to satisfy it that could benefit > from more involvement, polish and a broader package set. > > 2) Debian/Ubuntu/LiveDVD - I believe that Ubuntu is today the dominant > desktop/server linux system and that the packaging efforts of the DebianGIS, > UbuntuGIS and LiveDVD groups build on one another and provide high impact. > > If board members or community members see high impact and reasonably > priced opportunities to extend these efforts with OSGeo money I hope > they will come forward with them. I'd also like to see us do more on the > OSGeo web site, with case studies, etc to promote these package suites > in a manner appropriate to their level of readiness. > > I also think the MacOS environment is very important but I'm not entirely > clear on the best way of addressing that. Good ideas on this aspect are > also welcome. > > Best regards, > > > > _______________________________________________ > osgeo4w-dev mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev _______________________________________________ osgeo4w-dev mailing list [email protected] http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev
