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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thanks for the draft and review so far.<br>
<br>
I am also in favor of removing location from the beginning of the
press release. I am also in favor of removing specific contributor
names and quotes from the text.<br>
<br>
We should avoid using specific project names (especially so many
times in the text), unless we are going to list all of them. We
should not be favoring projects, while not mentioning others at
all. Same for the python stack: we have not included Jupyter in
our docs yet, we should not be mentioning them in the press
release...<br>
<br>
Best,<br>
Angelos<br>
<br>
On 03/21/2016 09:45 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:<br>
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<blockquote cite="mid:56EFA6A2.8030509@gmail.com" type="cite">Hi
lets meet at in 12 hours on IRC to finalise content of the Press
Release:
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=19&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=189&p3=224&p4=22&p5=240&p6=196&p7=215">http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=19&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=189&p3=224&p4=22&p5=240&p6=196&p7=215</a>
<br>
<br>
Thanks Brain for adding some background context. I think we should
use some of your suggestions (and pad out my initially short 1
sentence introduction).
<br>
<br>
With regards to layout, there are a few suggestions I'd like to
suggest.
<br>
<br>
This revised version now repeats content in places. We should
respect our readers' time and only say things once.
<br>
Likewise, we should try to be concise. I think we should aim to
have core content in one paragraph. Remaining content can be under
following headings, making it easy for a reader to decide whether
to keep reading or not.
<br>
<br>
You have introduced a location for the press release "Greece".
This is a nice way to acknowledge Angelos who had been putting in
an impressive effort keeping turning this project over, and
putting out builds. However, I think we should also be thankful
and recognise all the volunteers who contribute, who come from all
over the world. As such, I suggest dropping the location.
<br>
<br>
For the same reason, I don't think I should be singled out to be
quoted. I do like the quote though.
<br>
Instead tweak to:
<br>
"We, the OSGeo-Live team, believe this release to be the best
OSGeo-Live to date. It includes the technical benefits of a
rock-solid Ubuntu 1404 LTS, combined with the light-weight LXDE
desktop interface for ease of use, and 8 years of continual
improvements from the OSGeo community. We been touched to see
significant interest from the educational and government sectors."
<br>
<br>
I'm wary of singling out a subset of applications that have been
improved, unless there has been a big jump in functionality since
last release. (QGIS might fit that category)
<br>
<br>
Cheers, Cameron
<br>
<br>
On 21/03/2016 4:28 pm, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
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<blockquote type="cite">On 03/21/2016 03:22 AM, Brian M Hamlin
wrote:
<br>
<blockquote type="cite"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_66#OSGeo-Live_9.5_Released">https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_66#OSGeo-Live_9.5_Released</a>
<br>
<br>
any thoughts about "geopackage" support ? major features
missing ?
<br>
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For GeoPackage support you're missing GDAL 2.0 and SpatiaLite
4.3.0 at
<br>
least.
<br>
<br>
Kind Regards,
<br>
<br>
Bas
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