[Live-demo] MOTION: Pull request #134 Workshop installers

[Angelos Tzotsos]

On 06/29/2016 12:41 PM, Sebastiaan Couwenberg wrote:
> On 06/29/2016 11:14 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> I would like to add a "workshop" folder in our source tree, to attract
>> FOSS4G workshop leaders to submit workshop installers (no data, just
>> shell scripts to setup extra material). This way, workshop leaders can
>> have their material easily installed on top of the official ISO or VM,
>> once it is needed.
>> These installers will NOT be used during our build process, they will
>> just be there for workshop organizers to manually execute them on their
>> hardware if needed/wanted.
> Is there demand for this?
>
> If the workshop installers are actively maintained it can be beneficial,
> but I fear that after the initial creation they will quickly become
> unmaintained.
>
> I'm currently +0 on this.
>
> Kind Regards,
>
> Bas
>
Well, those installers can be gathered by each LOC independently, but I 
think it is a strategic goal to make OSGeo-Live the default platform for 
FOSS4G workshops in the future...

Best,
Angelos

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Angelos Tzotsos, PhD
OSGeo Charter Member
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