[Live-demo] Release 3.0 and 4.0 schedule + draft press release

[Cameron Shorter]

Judit,
I've just ented the German speaking fossgis conference dates into our
schedule, and realise that the proposed 3.0 release date is after your
conference. If you wish to have a new LiveDVD release for your conference,
then we could either:
* move the 3.0 release forward (not my preference as I don't think we will
get sufficient uptake from packages in time)
* put out a minor release for the German speaking FOSS conference, which
would probably consist of upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10, and possibly introducing
German localisation, if a volunteer steps forward.

The key here is the level of interest and hence effort that the German
community put forward in order to drive a release through. I hope that you
can comment on that.

On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 8:41 PM, Judit Mays <mays at lat-lon.de> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I would like to mention the German speaking FOSSGIS conference [1],
> March 2nd-5th 2010. I assume this might be too soon for the next
> OSGeo-Disc (version 3.0)?
>
> I agree with Hamish to first solve the naming problem before a press
> release. I also favour Cameron's intention to inform people before
> season vacation.
>
> When I joined this list in mid year, I thought Arramagong was a cool
> name for a conference handout in Australia. At that point I didn't know
> about the GISVM/LiveDVD project's broader approach, and I am still not
> sure about all aspects to it...
>
> I thought Arramagong was a release name, like Karmic Koala is for Ubuntu
> 9.10. And I thought this a perfect idea, to have a release name that
> suits the conference hosting country so well as does Arramagong.
>
> May be this might help to find a naming for the future? Even if it was
> just a misunderstanding on my side, it might be a common
> misunderstanding? Therefore I would suggest the regular standard name to
> be fairly "boring" (technical, matter of factly) and add a touch of
> spices with the yearly conference location giving some local touch.
> "Gaudi" comes to my mind when thinking of Barcelona, and it would match
> the next years conference logo as well. But please come up with
> something else all together if you feel inspired...
>
> By the way, I seem to miss discussions on the projects contents like:
> when did you guys talk about and decide that there should be 2 major
> releases each year? My impression from the mails on this list was a
> drift towards one major release towards FOSS4G and another minor half a
> year later. I am wondering where these decisions are made and by whom? I
> am just interested in the decision process.
>
> Don't get me wrong. I am not overly interested to have it this way or
> that. There might be ups and downs for both ways.
>
> Some downs for two major releases from my perspective are:
> * it would weaken my splendid idea of a conference-special-spicy-name
> for the product ;-)
> * some projects might decide to only update their GISVM/LiveDVD-versions
> for the annual gathering of tribes (FOSS4G), as the work involved might
> be too much if you can't find volunteers willing to go through the
> process twice a year.
>
> Happy to hear your thoughts,
> Judit
>
> [1] the only page I found with at least some English contents:
> http://www.fossgis.de/konferenz/wiki/2010/Call_for_Papers
>
>
> Cameron Shorter schrieb:
> > I've put together a draft schedule at:
> > http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=tMRaCwabv7SiIG3moHEfMrQ&hl=en_GB
> > And I'm interested to hear feedback on whether people think this is
> > good. Note: I have 6 weeks factored in from Feature Freeze to Final
> > Release, to allow for testing.
> >
> > Alex, I'm interested to know the dates up the upcoming conferences so
> > that we can ensure we have the 3.0 DVD ready in time for it.
> >
> > I also have a draft press release which I think we should send out in a
> > couple of days calling on projects to contribute toward the Live DVD.
> > http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_1
> >
> > Again, looking for feedback on this too.
> >
>
>


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