<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 3:24 PM, Ari Jolma <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ari.jolma@gmail.com" target="_blank">ari.jolma@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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IMO, a goal to set would be a workflow from open and shared development of edu material to packages that are easy to pull in to a OSGeo virtual machine / live system (usb stick, dvd, ...).<br>
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The making and technology of that could be a subject of a few days edu sprint - I'd be interested in such. There are several technical options (svn, git, docbook, sphinx, publican, deb packages, install scripts, etc etc) and perhaps we can't stick to one only. But the end product is a single system with matching software, data and written materials.<br>
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Even the end product can be made on demand to include just those packages that are needed for a certain course.<br>
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(above is based on my chats with Massimo, Daniel, Alex and others -- I'll invest some time into a version of the workflow I mention above)</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Sounds like a great idea. We tried to develop a standard format in the past (Docbook) and ran into difficulties as a group but with the education/liveDVD complement as a goal that might give us some more leverage. </div>
<div>Let's put this on as a topic of conversation for our first virtual meeting. Ari, it would be great if you could do some further thinking on this between now and mid October? </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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2) To work toward building a network of OS GIS labs in universities. (This idea was actually something Suchith suggested to me in an email, and I think it is a great goal.) I’d like to hear from people interested in trying to develop this.<br>
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I'm interested in this but I need to think what would be best way to do it institution-wise -- what would be the institution within my university that is a part of the network (department, professorship, institute, ...?) <br>
</blockquote><div><br></div><div>Another virtual meeting discussion topic? Or do we want to try and discuss over this list?</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie</div></div>