[Foss4g2009] Re: [Foss4g2010] Getting ready to burn OSGeo-Live for FOSS4G 2010

[Lorenzo Becchi]

Cameron, sorry for late reply on this thread.
Oscar has full decisional power other CD/USB, please find the agreement with
him.

thanks
lorenzo

On Sat, Aug 7, 2010 at 5:58 AM, Cameron Shorter
<cameron.shorter at gmail.com>wrote:

>  CCing the 2010 list (seems I've been sending to the 2009 list).
>
> -------- Original Message --------  Subject: Re: [Foss4g2009] Re:
> [Foss4g2010] Getting ready to burn OSGeo-Live for FOSS4G 2010  Date: Sat,
> 07 Aug 2010 10:34:56 +1000  From: Roald de Wit <list at rdewit.net><list at rdewit.net>  To:
> Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at gmail.com> <cameron.shorter at gmail.com>
>
>  cameron, maybe you didn't notice it, but you sent the past 2 emails in
> this thread to foss4g2009 instead of 2010....
>
>
> On 06/08/10 21:51, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> > On 06/08/10 17:56, Oscar Fonts wrote:
> >> Hi Cameron,
> >>
> >> Schedule: For the USB, a master has to be delivered 18 days in
> >> advance. I was expecting to have the final version on monday 9, so to
> >> have the copies ready at the end of August =>  not much margin. DVD
> >> printing is cheaper, faster, easier, of course.
> >
> > We will be creating what we hope is our final release candidate on
> > Monday 9 August.
> > I hope to have the final version ~ Wednesday, but from experience, I'm
> > aware that we often have one or two last issues. A safe date is to
> > consider having the image ready by 16 August.
> >
> >> I would go: USB for everyone, and some DVDs printed as alternative.
> >> All testing done for the DVD is also valid for the USB, right?
> > Not quite. As we switch media, we tend to uncover lots of extra
> > errors. Eg: We are finding a some issues switching from Vitual Machine
> > to LiveDVD.
> > The USB has a smaller image size which may trigger errors.
> >
> >> I would include an autorun.inf that pops up a 'welcome' html page with
> >> boot instructions&  alternatives.
> >>
> >> Briefly would say:
> >>   1. Change your BIOS settings to boot from USB drive.
> >>   2. If it doesn't work and you have a DVD unit, request a DVD in the
> >> registration desk.
> >>   3. If you either have a DVD unit, you still can download a virtual
> >> machine from http://XXX and run it with the virtualbox client from
> >> http://YYY.
> >>
> >> This autorun would only be included in the USB version.
> >>
> >> Sounds reasonable?
> >
> > If we are to create a USB version, I'm expecting we would have to
> > delay our release date by 1 week, and we would need to find ~ 3 full
> > days of volunteers time to step up to run all the tests again from the
> > USB + ~ 2 days of rebuilding the images. (Are you able to find
> > volunteers to provide such extra time?)  Alternatively, you could pay
> > someone to do such testing. (I could put LISAsoft testers onto it in
> > work time if they were paid).
> >> Oscar.
> >
> >
>
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