[Incubator] OSGeo4W project page on the new website

Mon Jan 22 14:52:25 PST 2018

Quick question - where is the codebase for OSGeo4W, we have three things we
are looking to check....

Okay this might be it: https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/browser

1) geospatial - yes :)

2) open source - not sure I could find a specific license file in the
codebase

3) open to contributions

Found a list of contributors with a invitation to take part
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/browser/trunk/setup/CONTRIBUTORS but it
appears to be for cygwin not OSGeo4W

Now we do not have to answer these questions from the codebase, so let’s
tey the wiki.

Q: Open Source?
Looking around for license information found
https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/AboutLicenses - this describes the
contents, but does not seem to describe the open source license used on
OSGeo4W itself....

Q: Open to Contirbutions?

The wiki has a couple sections for developers, GSOC ideas

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Jody Garnett

On 22 January 2018 at 02:44, Helmut Kudrnovsky <hellik at web.de> wrote:

> [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/553]:
> [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-January/037046.html]:
> ----------------------
> From discuss email:
>
>     Hi community,
>
>     as we've seen in the Google Code‑in contest and students' feedback, MS
> windows is still an important operating system within the user base of the
> OSGeo stack.
>
>     Beside the windows standalone installers of e.g. QGIS or winGRASS (both
> are based upon OSGeo4W), the OSGeo4W framework itself is a very important
> platform to deliver the OSGeo stack to the users of this operating system.
>
>     As an example, when I'm helping winGRASS users on the GRASS user ML,
> I'm
> often refering to use OSGeo4W-winGRASS in order to check if the
> issue/problem is also there.
>
>     Furthermore, OSGeo4W is also an important testing platform as it's
> possible to use/test the latest greatest dailys of e.g. QGIS3 or
> GRASS7.4svn
> on the windows operating system.
>
>     Another example, University of Vienna deploys OSGeo4W to all its public
> students PCs.
>
>     Searching [1] and screening the new website, there seems to be no
> information about/no link to OSGeo4W [2].
>
>     Is this intentional? Just overseen?
>
>     OSGeo will loose new and interested users of the OSGeo software stack
> when no one can find the nice framework for the still most used operating
> system.
>
>     Kind regards Helmut
>
>
> OSGeo charter member
>
> [1] https://www.osgeo.org/search/OSGeo4W
> [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/
>
> ----
>
> To request "editor" permission (for creating a project page) please speak
> to
> the incubation committee as outlined here:
> http://osgeo.org/committees/incubation
>
> Would love to see OSGeo4W listed on the new website, or better yet as a
> community project.
> ---------------------
>
>
> [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-January/037049.html]:
> ---------------------
> Hi Jody,
>
> On Sat, 20. Jan 2018 at 21:15:27 -0800, Jody Garnett wrote:
> > Helmut do you have any contact details for the OSGeo4W project?
>
> See http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w
>
>
> Jürgen
> ---------------------
>
>
> [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-January/037054.html]:
> ---------------------
> Jody,
>
> the OSGeo4W framework exits since more than 10 years now; the first entry
> in
> the OSGeo4W-ML dates back to November 2007.
>
> AFAIK there are few volunteers nowadays [1] to keep the framework running;
> mainly Jürgen F. and Martin L.; I maintain a small package to
> easily bridge the OSGeo4W framework and R (www.r-project.org) and help in
> winGRASS if needed; and some other few volunteers helps from time to time.
>
> > Please ask the OSGeo4W team to contact the incubation
> > committee[https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/] (for edit
> > access to create a project page).
>
> So, I may ask the incubation committee for edit access to create a project
> page.
>
> Helmut
>
> [1] https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/osgeo4w-dev/2007-November/date.html
> [2] https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/wiki/CoreTeam
> ---------------------
>
>
> [https://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/discuss/2018-January/037064.html]:
> ---------------------
> Although it would be great to be a commuity project - the project team does
> need to ask - for more information see
> http://osgeo.org/committees/incubation
>
> Specifically OSGeo community project are recognized as part of the
> foundation; we would like to treat all projects equally (even those that
> have been around since 2007).
> ---------------------
>
>
> [https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/553#comment:4]
> ---------------------
> Replying to jive:
>
>     Nice, I saw it there based on the email thread - do you mind joining
> the
> incubation committee mailing list
> (https://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/incubator) and asking to be
> listed on the website.
>
>     We have a very quick spot check to confirm each project is geospatial,
> open source and accepts contributions.
>
> I will do; OSGeo4W is a OSGeo community initiative since more than 10 years
> and well documented in an OSGeo trac instance.
> ---------------------
>
>
> herewith, for the sake of completeness,  I ask on behalf of OSGeo4W, an
> OSGeo community initiative since more than 10 years, to be listed on the
> new
> OSGeo website.
>
>
> [https://www.osgeo.org/about/committees/incubation/]:
> ---------------------
> How to list your project on the OSGeo website?
>
> The OSGeo website is proud to promote a wide range of geospatial open
> source
> software.
>
> Project requirements:
>
>     geospatial
>     open source license
>     accepts contributions
> ---------------------
>
> OSGeo4W provides the OSGeo stack (e.g. proj4, GDAL, GRASS GIS, QGIS etc) in
> an easy way for the MS windows operating system.
>
> Thus OSGeo4W is geospatial.
>
> The OSGeo stack and the OSGeo4W installer are open source.
>
> The upstream OSGeo stack (e.g. proj4, GDAL, GRASS GIS, QGIS etc) accepts
> contributions and also OSGeo4W installer.
>
>
> Kind regards
> Helmut
> OSGeo charter member
>
>
>
>
> -----
> best regards
> Helmut
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