<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Nov 6, 2013 at 3:02 PM, Ivan Mincik <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ivan.mincik@gmail.com" target="_blank">ivan.mincik@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<br></blockquote></div></div><div>Some time ago I was pointed by somebody to that wiki page about 'OSGeo Binary Distributions'. I have realized that until now there is no official, up-to-date and well maintained GIS packages distribution for Linux which OSGeo can recommend as the number one. I really appreciate very much the work of Debian|Ubuntu GIS people, but it is still only very good voluntary. To be successful in enterprise deployment one needs predictable and stable maintenance of packages, something similar as '<span>OpenGeo Suite' is. Isn't that one of the goals of OSGeo ? What if UbuntuGIS would be that official packages distribution for OSGeo ? As Frank said, it is even possible to get some financial support once the project is accepted in to incubator. I think that there should be much more other benefits to exist under trusted organization.<br>
</span></div></div></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Ivan,</div><div><br></div><div>I'm not convinced I accept your premise, but even if one does accept the premise then folks have options including professional support contracts.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I do think that bringing more energy to DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS with an eye towards stability and predictability would be valuable. But I don't accept that a volunteer effort is inadequate to the needs of enterprise deployment. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Best regards,</div></div>-- <br>---------------------------------------+--------------------------------------<br>I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, <a href="mailto:warmerdam@pobox.com" target="_blank">warmerdam@pobox.com</a><br>
light and sound - activate the windows | <a href="http://pobox.com/~warmerdam" target="_blank">http://pobox.com/~warmerdam</a><br>and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer<br>
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