-------- Forwarded Message -------- > From: Cameron Shorter <[email protected]> > To: OSGeo Discussions <[email protected]>, > [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: [OSGeo-Discuss] Call for interest in OSGeo-Live 6.0 > Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 21:27:24 +1000 > > We are starting to build the 6.0 OSGeo-Live DVD which will be released > in September 2012, ready for FOSS4G 2012 as well as many other spatial > conferences. This upcoming version will be built upon the stable > Xubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release. Documentation will be > translated into eight languages, now also including Chinese and > Catalan. > > Any new applications? > We would like to hear from anyone wishing to add new projects > to OSGeo-Live, anyone wishing to extend or add extra > translations, or anyone who has ideas on how we should shape > the upcoming release. > Key Priorities for next release > Package Updates > Migrate to Xubuntu 12.04 LTS > Update and test latest stable software releases > Migrating to OpenJDK > Due to Oracles changed license conditions for Sun-Java, Ubuntu > users are now strongly encouraging to move to OpenJDK instead > of Sun Java, due to both improvements in OpenJDK, and > difficult licencing conditions with Sun Java. As such, we will > be endevouring to move all java based applications to OpenJDK > (instead of Sun Java). > Disk Space > We have reached our DVD size limits, and need to be creative > about saving space and disciplined in not losing space to > duplication. We hope to ship a single Java and single Tomcat > version this time, in addition to further consolidation around > shared sample datasets. > Testing > With Quality being a key focus area for us, we need lots of > help with testing. > Key Milestones > 10 Jul 2012 Feature Freeze > 07 Aug 2012 User Acceptance Test (all Apps installed and > working) > 28 Aug 2012 Final ISO sent to printers > ... full schedule > > About OSGeo-Live > OSGeo-live is an XUbuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source > Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can > use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial > software without installing anything. > -- > 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 > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
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