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Bob,<br>
I'm very wary of anything to do with hot-swapping datasets.<br>
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One of the main pillar stones of OSGeo-Live is quality, which is
achieved by systematic testing, re-testing, then testing again, year
after year. We now have years and years of testing of applications
behind us.<br>
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Hot swapping a base dataset invalidates the testing for all
applications which use that dataset, and consequently is highly
likely to introduce errors - something we are strong wishing to
avoid.<br>
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Yes, I agree that it is really nice to make use of a local dataset,
and someone may wish to do so for one specific example for one
specific application, which you test yourself. But I strongly urge
you not to change a dataset for all applications as you either
compromise the quality of OSGeo-Live, or you are up for many man
months worth of testing and issue resolution.<br>
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On 15/10/2011 1:14 AM, Bob Basques wrote:
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">All,</font> </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Related to this thread
(I think) . . . .</font> </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">in a future version of
the Live DVD, could the installation of apps be
setup in a way that allows for swapping out the
sample data sets installed across all apps via a
single variable or folder storage location in some
way. Being able to change the projection would be
the next most obvious improvement to something like
this as well.</font> </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">You still want to have
sample data, but being able to swap this out for
localized data for training aspects would be a
pretty slick option to provide.</font> </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Does it make any sense
to try and hard applications together based on data,
or are the intended app uses to far ranging and
require certain types of particular data ?</font> </p>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">Just a thought.</font>
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<p style="margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0"> <font
face="Comic Sans MS" size="3">bobb</font> </p>
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