[Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.

[Alex Mandel]

On 01/29/2012 02:34 PM, Tom Kralidis wrote:
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>> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:11:33 -0800
>> From: hamish_b at yahoo.com
>> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.
>> To: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com; cameron.shorter at gmail.com
>> CC: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
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>> Last April Cameron wrote:
>>> My initial feeling is that it would be great to
>>> include pywcs in a future release of OSGeo-Live,
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>> (for the record we did ship it with the 5.0 release,
>> just didn't list it on the contents page.)
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>>> but as pywcs is still only at a 0.1 release,
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>> version numbers are meaningless. ignore and forget
>> them and judge the app on the app instead.
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> FYI pycsw is at 1.0.0 (which is what looks like is included with 5.0), with 1.2.0 scheduled for April 2012.  What's the timeline for the next livedvd release?
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>>> without wide uptake yet,
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>> for FOSS that metric is rather impossible to know,
>> but anyway if it is good, hence a great reason to
>> include it on the disc- to get it wide exposure!
>> chickens and eggs...
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> Agreed, we do know pycsw is being tested/prototyped in various environments, and that exposure on the livedvd would be beneficial for those looking for a Python CSW (many CSWs are Java-based).
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>>> it is premature to include pywcs into the next
>>> OSGeo-Live release.
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>> If it's buggy or incomplete that's one thing. If
>> it is just unknown that's a very different matter,
>> and something we can help with.
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> pycsw makes a point of passing OGC CITE and it's own testing framework as enhancements/fixes are commited.  We feel is complete enough for a user to stand up an operational CSW catalogue (with transactions if desired as well).
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>> I suggest to review and improve the overview and
>> quickstart reST pages, then make the final call on
>> whether to keep it listed on the contents page once
>> we get feedback from our beta testers. (a great
>> incentive to make the overview page clear about
>> what the user should expect, and to make the
>> quickstart clear about how to go about doing it)
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> We would be glad to update these pages as appropriate.  Thanks!
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> ..Tom
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I would love to see an example CSW on the disc using the included
datasets. The quickstart could include browsing using the CSW plugin in
QGIS. I realize that might take some more work, but would be interested
if not for this version trying to achieve that on version 6 in the Fall.

Thanks,
Alex