On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Ivan Mincik <ivan.min...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >> Some time ago I was pointed by somebody to that wiki page about 'OSGeo > Binary Distributions'. I have realized that until now there is no official, > up-to-date and well maintained GIS packages distribution for Linux which > OSGeo can recommend as the number one. I really appreciate very much the > work of Debian|Ubuntu GIS people, but it is still only very good voluntary. > To be successful in enterprise deployment one needs predictable and stable > maintenance of packages, something similar as 'OpenGeo Suite' is. Isn't > that one of the goals of OSGeo ? What if UbuntuGIS would be that official > packages distribution for OSGeo ? As Frank said, it is even possible to get > some financial support once the project is accepted in to incubator. I > think that there should be much more other benefits to exist under trusted > organization. > Ivan, I'm not convinced I accept your premise, but even if one does accept the premise then folks have options including professional support contracts. I do think that bringing more energy to DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS with an eye towards stability and predictability would be valuable. But I don't accept that a volunteer effort is inadequate to the needs of enterprise deployment. 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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