[postgis-users] Re: Cancelled Jeff Waugh Talk - GIS in Ubuntu

[alex bodnaru]

we are in contact,

alex

John Taber wrote:
> Alex,
> My posting was simply to help find a contact at Ubunutu to help get
> PostGis into Ubuntu Universe.  That contact is Martin Pitt at Canonical.
>  Now maybe you can talk to him directly to help get the debian packages
> into the new Dapper development stream.  And Blair could talk to Martin
> about getting the Breezy packages into the official backports.
> thks
> John
> 
> alex bodnaru wrote:
> 
>> john,
>>
>> if you need specific help with packaging, please ask.
>>
>> alex
>>
>> John Taber wrote:
>>
>>> Martin,
>>> It will be great to have PostGis in Universe.  I've copied the PostGis
>>> list on this, maybe the key packagers can communicate with you directly.
>>> Alex Bodnaru <alexbodn at 012.net.il>  - is debian packager for PostGis
>>> Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com> - has made Breezy packages for both
>>> Postgresql 8.1 and PostGis
>>> John
>>>
>>> Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> John Taber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I was hoping to ask him about getting PostGIS support into Universe
>>>>> (it's now getting into Debian Unstable).  GIS is becoming a standard
>>>>> in all NA cities for planning, engineering, and used throughout the
>>>>> healthcare and emergency response areas.  Yet for the most part GIS
>>>>> has been a windows only domain.  The advent of QGIS now in Universe is
>>>>> a huge step forward.  PostGIS allows GIS data to be converted to
>>>>> PostgreSQL and thus used on Linux.  Really hope PostGIS can get
>>>>> supported in Ubuntu.  There's an active discussion list for PostGIS at
>>>>> postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It should be no problem to get PostGIS into Universe. Do you have
>>>> someone who maintains packages for it? The PostGRES rock star in Ubuntu
>>>> is Martin Pitt, so he may have comments.
>>>>
>>>
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