[Ubuntu] reviving ubuntugis

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Johan,

On 02/11/2015 12:48 AM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Ubuntugis has seen relatively little attention recently. Partly, this
> may actually be a good sign: Debian GIS has been improving a lot
> lately, which means that Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) and Ubuntu Utopic
> (14.10) were released with many recent libraries/programs out of the
> box.

This is definitely a good sign: just 22 packages in UbuntuGIS unstable 
for trusty and only 3 for 14.10...

>
> Personally I believe that this should also change the way we operate:
> I think we should focus more on having "universe" (the repository
> provided by ubuntu) well maintained. There are a few things which can
> be done: triaging bugfixes, uploading security updates and sync
> requests (especially during debian freeze).

+1

> If we have a well maintained universe, I think we can drop most of the
> releases to the ubuntugis-stable ppa.
>
> For ubuntugis-unstable, I think we can and should keep up to date with
> anything that goes into debian. We should also avoid having a fork
> where we have different versions between ubuntu and debian. This way
> we actually ensure that the packages that go into the offical archives
> are working well.

I assume you mean Debian Unstable right?
+1

>
> I think we should also consider removing the "testing" archive. The
> name is confusing for those who know the debian meaning of testing,
> and it is mostly empty. It is perfectly possible to create your own
> temporary ppa for testing should it be necessary.

+1

>
> This are my thoughts, but I really want to encourage everyone to say
> what should be the priorities.
>
> Kind Regards,
> Johan

Best,
Angelos

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