[Ubuntu] Re: [osgeo4w-dev] Binaries Packaging - A Strategic Investment

[Alan Boudreault]

Alex,

I also like the idea of packaging sessions to bring more contributors in 
DebianGIS/UbuntuGIS, but I won't be in NA neither.

Alan

On 12-03-21 12:32 PM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> I spy a GSOC project idea: Packaging automation&  a guide to train new
> packagers based on the automated system.
> Maybe with Frank and Alan as mentors?
>
>
> Should we also consider doing a packaging session at the sprint at
> Foss4gNA? Alan will you be there to teach packaging for debian/ubuntu?
>
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
> On 03/20/2012 11:35 PM, cavallini at faunalia.it wrote:
>> Good point, agreed fully.
>> Thanks for raising this out.
>> Ready to help of necessary.
>>
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>> Sent from mobile, sorry for being short
>>
>> ----- Reply message -----
>> Da: "Frank Warmerdam"<warmerdam at pobox.com>
>> A: "OSGeo-Board"<board at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Cc: "Alan Boudreault"<aboudreault at mapgears.com>, "Brian Hamlin"<maplabs at light42.com>, "osgeo4w-dev"<osgeo4w-dev at lists.osgeo.org>,<ubuntu at lists.osgeo.org>
>> Oggetto: [osgeo4w-dev] Binaries Packaging - A Strategic Investment
>> Data: mer, mar 21, 2012 07:04
>>
>>
>> Folks,
>>
>> I've mentioned this before, and I don't have anything surprising to add now.
>> I just wanted to bump this topic.
>>
>> I believe that producing good quality integrated distributions of OSGeo
>> binary software for a major user platforms is strategically important for
>> OSGeo and would be worth an investment of moderate amounts of money to
>> promote.
>>
>> For me two packaging efforts stick out, though I might be biased.
>>
>> 1) OSGeo4W - I think the Windows environment is (still?) very important and
>> OSGeo4W is a credible community effort to satisfy it that could benefit
>> from more involvement, polish and a broader package set.
>>
>> 2) Debian/Ubuntu/LiveDVD - I believe that Ubuntu is today the dominant
>> desktop/server linux system and that the packaging efforts of the DebianGIS,
>> UbuntuGIS and LiveDVD groups build on one another and provide high impact.
>>
>> If board members or community members see high impact and reasonably
>> priced opportunities to extend these efforts with OSGeo money I hope
>> they will come forward with them.  I'd also like to see us do more on the
>> OSGeo web site, with case studies, etc to promote these package suites
>> in a manner appropriate to their level of readiness.
>>
>> I also think the MacOS environment is very important but I'm not entirely
>> clear on the best way of addressing that.  Good ideas on this aspect are
>> also welcome.
>>
>> Best regards,
>>
>>
>>
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