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

[David William Bitner]

I'm not sure if they will do it again this year, but one thing to at least
keep in mind is that Google also sponsored a documentation sprint directly
before the GSOC mentors summit in the fall....

On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 1:34 PM, Frank Warmerdam <warmerdam at pobox.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 21, 2012 at 9:32 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_dev at wildintellect.com>
> 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?
>
> Alex,
>
> Unfortunately my understanding is that GSoC is quite focused on
> actual code development and I think the above would not be considered
> suitable as a project.
>
> > Should we also consider doing a packaging session at the sprint at
> > Foss4gNA? Alan will you be there to teach packaging for debian/ubuntu?
>
> I like this idea, though I won't be there.
>
> Best regards,
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