[Qgis-developer] QGIS vs gvSIG

[Benjamin Ducke]

OK, folks, let this be the last email to the QGIS list
on this topic! We should really continue the discussion 
on the gvSIG CE community list, which is the right
forum for this.

I am copying this reply to the gvSIG CE list, so we can 
pick up this conversation where we left.

For those who are interested from a general open source
GIS point of view (btw., I strongly believe that the
open source GIS community will benefit more from diversity
than from one project taking the lead over all other),
here's a quick summary:

- gvSIG OADE was created because the "official" gvSIG
development had stalled for the 1.x branch at version 
1.9 in 2009, a disastrously buggy version, and 
resources were reassigned to 2.0, which until this day 
has failed to materialize.

- gvSIG CE (release 1.0) will be based on the last
release of gvSIG OADE (2010), plus all relevant
patches for gvSIG 1.11/1.12 that have accumulated
in the meantime, plus whatever the gvSIG CE devs
contribute.

- gvSIG CE will be completely open source and follow
the same principles and practices as e.g. QGIS and
GRASS GIS

- There is strong cooperation with SEXTANTE, which
is by now an integral part of gvSIG, and we do our
best to synchronize releases.

- A sync of gvSIG CE with gvSIG 2.0 might happen if
and when a stable release of the 2.x branch gets out
that is up to par with 1.x in terms of user visible
features/advantages.

Best (and apologies to the QGIS people who had
to put up with all this gvSIG talk on their list),

Ben

----- Original Message -----
> 2011/6/23 < jr.morreale at enoreth.net >
> 
> 
> Is this fork going to stay in sync with gvsig's trunk or is it going
> its own seperate path ? I thought that after last year's talks about
> differences between your OA edition and the official (but not public)
> tree the situation would have improved.
> 
> What are you referring to with the "not public" tree?
> Benjamin will answer officially, but the CE edition will try to keep
> the sync with the official trunk. At now the CE trunk contains a gvSIG
> 1.9 snapshot (the same of the OADE edition), but will be upgraded soon
> to gvSIG 1.11, which is the latest release.
> A critical moment will be the release of gvSIG 2.0, which will be a
> deep refactoring of the core code structure. When it will happen the
> development and maintanance forces should be split between the 1.1x
> series and the new... I cross my fingers!
> 
> giovanni
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, 23 Jun 2011 09:21:25 +0100 (BST), Benjamin Ducke wrote:
> 
> 
> Hi Paolo (all) --
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> 
> [SNIP]
> 
> 
> 
> I didn't like their development model: AFAICT, there is a commercial
> association of all gvsig devs; this has a strong potential for a
> monopoly.
> 
> That's precisely why a number of users and external developers,
> including myself, have now forked off the gvSIG Community Edition
> (CE).
> 
> We are still in the process of building up the web infrastructure,
> but the mailing lists are already active and you can read up on
> progress in the list archives (the most active one is currently
> the "community" list):
> 
> http://sourceforge.net/ projects/gvsigce/
> http://sourceforge.net/mail/? group_id=343517
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> Ben
> 
> 
> 
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