[Live-demo] Ideas for Collaboration

[Alex Mandel]

All,
I think UbuntuGIS is probably a more appropriate place for most of our
work as we are building based on the Ubuntu distro and not directly on
Debian.

I see why ideally live-helper is the better way to do it.
Some notes on ubuntu modifications to get it to work right
http://clemensfam.org/john/?p=39

My biggest concern is whether we have enough people with the technical
expertise. I know I've read the how to build deb tutorials/manuals a
couple of times and still haven't been able to build a proper deb. The
concepts are all in my head but I just haven't figured out all the
patch/diff modification stuff and where the binary gets generated.

For some of these projects I see why deb packages could be problematic.
Ideally they would be in the official repos, but those don't update that
frequently, it's kinda good that QGIS has it's own PPA  so you can get
the latest stable asap.

Also, speaking from experience with some server installs. I never
install mapserver or plone using the packages, they just have to many
odd tweaks or missing components that make it hard to use and upgrade
between versions. But this probably doesn't matter for the Live Disc.

I guess my vote is to try the live-helper method using the UbuntuGIS
launchpad and PPA for building debs and possibly an osgeo trac for
managing our config files and options.

We should make a place for checkinstall debs created of svn trunks for
super cutting edge in case people want those. Probably a second PPA,
since I read that launchpad let's you have more than one now.

SideNote: Talking with eipfanio, including all the common languages on
the same disc is going to eat up a lot space, so I want to make sure
it's easy to take the base image or config and drop the language you
want for your particular need as a disc for that language group.

Alex

Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Alex, Hamish,
> Good to see you laying down a path forward.
> 
> For what it is worth, I have inherited the despot role for UbuntuGIS,
> and am looking around for someone willing to take over the role.
> 
> I suspect that the UbuntuGIS launchpad could be used for the tasks you
> are describing below?
> If so, feel free to suggest its use, and/or volunteer for the despot role.
> 
> Alex Mandel wrote:
>> I've been thinking about is some and I have a plan or at least an idea
>> for a plan.
>>
>> I think we need:
>> 1. packages built and available through standard repos or launchpad
>> 1a. when you custom compile, instead of a make install use checkinstall
>> which creates a deb file at least good for that system, should be fairly
>> universal on a live-dvd, it will also show up in the package management.
>> 1a2. Upload the deb files to a launchpad repo for install on other
>> live-dvds. Note: these are not official deb packages and may not work on
>> anything other than the live-dvd.
>> 2. A script which loads and actives including gpg keys for repos that
>> contain Geo Foss software, ie QGIS launchpad
>> 3. A script with dpkg -l list of packages, basically run this and it
>> will install all the geo based packages
>> 4. A configure script, which will setup things like system user,postgis
>> user, and maybe things like splash screen, desktop etc.\
>> 4a. A script to add add-ons like qgis python plugins, etc.
>> 5. A list of optional things that can be changed and how to change them
>> 5a. Language
>> 5b. Desktop Background
>> 5c. Screensaver of FOSS screenshots
>>
>> Everything from 2+ can be stored in a version control.
>>
>> So the workflow would look like:
>> 1. Download the U(X)(K)buntu variant you want to use.
>> 1a. Install to partition or virtual machine
>> 2. Checkout the scripts from svn
>> 3. Run the scripts
>> 4. Customize datasets and configuration
>> 5. Remastersys
>> 6. Upload/Burn
>>
>> A good server to upload the variants to would be nice at some point,
>> since there are bound to be variants.
>>
>> What do people think?
>> Alex
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