[GRASS-dev] New Fedora GRASS rpm packaging

[Markus Neteler]

Dear community,

thanks to Viji V Nair we'll have GRASS updated and maintained
in Fedora soon - see below.

Markus

On 11/19/10, Viji V Nair <viji at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I will be co-maintaining grass packages with the maintainer from today
> onwards, will be updating the same to the latest, mostly by next week.
>
> Thanks
> Viji
>
> On Thu, Nov 18, 2010 at 4:55 AM, Markus Neteler <neteler at osgeo.org> wrote:
>> Hi Viji Nair,
>>
>> I am the GRASS GIS coordinator and would like to thank you for your
>> efforts!
>>
>> One question:
>> http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/gitweb/?p=grass.git
>>
>> indicates that a very old GRASS version is packaged, it lacks more than
>> 9000 fixes and enhancements with respect to the current stable version
>> which is GRASS 6.4.0:
>>
>> http://grass.osgeo.org/download/software.php#g64x
>>
>> Whom to contact to get the current 6.3.x-FC replaced with 6.4?
>>
>> thanks for any advice,
>>
>> Markus Neteler
>>
>> --
>> Markus Neteler, PhD
>> Fondazione Edmund Mach (FEM) - IASMA Research and Innovation Centre
>> Environment and Natural Resources Area
>> Head of GIS and Remote Sensing Unit
>> Via E. Mach, 1 - 38010 S. Michele all'Adige (TN), Italy
>> Web:   http://gis.ambiente.fmach.it  -   http://grass.osgeo.org
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Nov 17, 2010 at 11:03 AM, vijinair <vijivijayakumar at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> I am a Fedora project contributor and have been working on Linux for the
>>> last 10+ years, specifically on GIS projects for the last 4+ years.
>>>
>>> We are adding more GIS application to fedora. If everything goes fine,
>>> there will a GIS/Geo spin for Fedora 15. Please have a look at:
>>>
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Geo_Spin
>>> http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GIS
>>>
>>> The following new packages have been pushed for Fedora 13/14 and rawhide
>>> (F15), currently under testing.
>>>
>>> pgRouting (Provides routing functionality to PostGIS/PostgreSQL)
>>> tilecache (A web map tile caching system)
>>>
>>> To test:
>>>  yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install python-tilecache
>>>  yum --enablerepo=updates-testing install pgRouting
>>>
>>> If you are interested in becoming a contributor, we are very happy.
>>> Please
>>> feel free to contact me if you have any queries.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>> Viji Nair
>>> https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Viji_V_Nair
>>>