On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 12:41 PM, Ivan Mincik <ivan.min...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Alan, at first thank You for Your work (and also for work of others > in this project). I am following UbuntuGIS for some time and I started to > maintain my own PPA fork [1] some time ago, because I needed full control > of packages. I am little bit involved in packaging. Here is my opinion: > > 1. This project definitely needs a strong leader with experience. > > 2. UbuntuGIS lacks clear roadmap. Maybe it is loosing skilled hands just > because they are not aware about fact they are needed. Preparing roadmap > must by one of the most important tasks of project leader and PSC. > > 3. Other very important task is clearly stated work flow in terms how to > cooperate with Debian on regular basis. > > 4. Still at least by my opinion, the PPA naming stable, testing, unstable > is very confusing for all newcomers which automatically expect the same > behavior as in Debian. If this schema remains the same, or it will change > to something other, it needs clearly documented workflow how packages > migrates from testing, staging to production and how often and under which > circumstances production packages are upgraded. > > 5. As in other voluntary projects, there is a lack of manpower. But on the > other hand, there are no rules which new contributors or uploaders must > meet. Also I do not see any list of free tasks for new people. > > 6. The last one is the question if there is some possibility to get some > support from OSGeo [2] ? > > Ivan, The most obvious way in which OSGeo could show support is by having UbuntuGIS apply for incubation as an OSGeo project. Having a PSC is one step on the way to being a full fledged OSGeo project. There is also some possibility of financial support from OSGeo for UbuntuGIS but at the very least there would need to be a clear plan before any financial commitment might be made (IMHO). Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer
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