Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability?

2016-05-17 Thread Tom Roche
Bruce Bannerman [1] >> Your spreadsheet[2] comparison shows a lot of potential, but I can see that >> will take a lot of effort to keep it current. Markus Neteler[3] > to my knowledge the effort is stalled. In my view the maintenance of this > table is a perfect task for OSGeo :-) +1. I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Userid registration - Full Name and Surname ?

2016-05-17 Thread Sandro Santilli
On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 07:47:53AM -0700, Frank Warmerdam wrote: > Strk, > > It was a direct transcription of the fields in LDAP. No harm in > changing it I imagine. Any idea about the "givenName" field, which is present in some LDAP records but isn't prompted for in the form ? It's hard to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Userid registration - Full Name and Surname ?

2016-05-17 Thread Frank Warmerdam
Strk, It was a direct transcription of the fields in LDAP. No harm in changing it I imagine. Best regards, Frank On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 3:08 AM, Sandro Santilli wrote: > It looks like being a common issue: > https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues/812 > > How about just

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Userid registration - Full Name and Surname ?

2016-05-17 Thread Sandro Santilli
It looks like being a common issue: https://github.com/nijel/weblate/issues/812 How about just dropping one of the fields ? --strk; On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 12:01:13PM +0200, Sandro Santilli wrote: > I'm wondering why do we ask for "Full Name" and "Surname" > in the user registration form. I

[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Userid registration - Full Name and Surname ?

2016-05-17 Thread Sandro Santilli
I'm wondering why do we ask for "Full Name" and "Surname" in the user registration form. I find it confusing, and a quick look at the LDAP database shows it's not just me: about half the registered users put the "given name" in the "Full Name" field. Some users also have a registered "givenName"

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability?

2016-05-17 Thread Markus Neteler
Hi Bruce, On Tue, May 17, 2016 at 8:23 AM, Bruce Bannerman wrote: > @Markus, > > Your spreadsheet comparison shows a lot of potential, but I can see that it > will take a lot of effort to keep it current. > > Is this something that projects are doing currently?

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Recent comparison of desktop GIS and image processing capability?

2016-05-17 Thread Bruce Bannerman
Hi Paolo, Markus, Tom and Till, You have provided some good links there that will be sufficient for my immediate need. Many thanks for your help. @Markus, Your spreadsheet comparison shows a lot of potential, but I can see that it will take a lot of effort to keep it current. Is this