[Qgis-psc] QGIS for Mac OS packaging and infrastructure

[Andreas Neumann]

Hi,

Regarding the 600 US $ per year for dedicated server and 99 US$ per year
for developer certificate cost: this shouldn't be a problem. I increased
the infrastructure budget by 500 € to accommodate for that. It is now at
2000 €, in 2018 we used 830 € so far, maybe 1000 € per year's end. So this
should easily fit into the 2k € for next year.

Andreas

On Mon, 3 Dec 2018 at 13:37, Saber Razmjooei <
saber.razmjooei at lutraconsulting.co.uk> wrote:

> Dear PSC,
>
> It the past couple of months we have put together a very basic
> infrastructure to automatically generate Mac OS packages as a proof of
> concept and also as a part of a contract with a client.
>
> The packaging now works as expected and we will support it for another
> year. We are aware of the users’ complaints and feedback in regards to Mac
> OS packages in the past, despite the hard efforts of the QGIS community.
> Specifically, William who has been undertaking this difficult task. We are
> also aware of other companies who offer QGIS Mac packages (download links
> are available after registration).
>
> In addition to the lack of any documentation on the packaging process, the
> packages are not signed by QGIS (or OSGeo), which is not very welcome in
> large organisations. There have been several emails in the past about this
> topic but has lead to nowhere.
>
> Another shortcoming of the current packaging is the lack of master
> (nightly) builds for Mac users. This has been causing a lot of negative
> reactions from the users after each release (as they are not able to test
> the features before the release).
>
> We would like to hand-over our QGIS Mac OS packaging to QGIS.org. This
> will come with a bit of caveats:
>
> 1- The current scripts are not perfect but it is open source and publicly
> available. We will need to polish it. There will be some additional work to
> remove a blocker to support older Mac OSes. It is likely to be between
> 5k-8k euro.
>
> 2- The server cost (~600 USD/year/server) and Apple Developers certificate
> cost (99 USD/year) will be probably more significant compared to other
> OSes. We can start with one server and have the second one if needed. I am
> sure there are organisations and users who will be interested in
> funding/sponsoring QGIS with more positive experience for their platform.
>
> 3- We are happy to help and support the Mac OS packaging for the next
> couple of years for a smooth integration with the rest of QGIS packages.
> This will include obtaining QGIS (or OSGeo) Apple developer certificate.
> Our current packages are signed with Lutra certificate. But the process is
> easy and documented in our packaging process.
>
> 4- QGIS 2.18 is not supported.
>
> 5- QGIS nightly is also available as a part of our packaging, which allows
> users to better test QGIS master before the release.
>
> Looking forward to hearing your feedback.
>
> Regards
>
> Saber
>
>
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> www.lutraconsulting.co.uk
>
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Andreas Neumann
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