[Live-demo] Arramagong_GISVM_FOSS4G2009_alpha1

[Cameron Shorter]

Ricardo,
That sounds like good advice.
I suggest that we create a distribution.sh script, which would include 
the compressing as you suggest, and zipping up, adding version number etc.

Ricardo Pinho wrote:
> Second note about:
> Arramagong_GISVM_FOSS4G2009_alpha1.7z 
>
> (1. gvSIG in Spanish) 
>
> 2. Reduce vmdk disk file size:
>
> After un7zip the vmdk file turns out to:
> 5 297 602 560 bytes
>
> A kick way to reduce this is to run VMWare Tools Shrink command
> (inside the virtual machine - run  the following command on terminal)
>   
>> sudo vmware-toolbox
>>     
> Then select Shrink  +  "/" + shrink
>
> After a couple of minutes you get a vmdk with:
> 4 339 466 240 bytes
>
> It is still a huge file... but it can easy the distribution a bit ;-)
>
> Cheers,
> Ricardo
>
>
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Ricardo Pinho <rpinho_eng at yahoo.com.br>
> Para: Stefan Hansen <stefan.hansen at lisasoft.com>
> Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 27 de Agosto de 2009 12:11:12
> Assunto: Re: [Live-demo] questions
>
>
>   
>> In which folder should we store documentation?
>>     
>
> Don't know for sure which documentation you are talking about.
> But I can remind this:
>
> On GISVM there is a Samba Shared folder named: /home/user/gisdata
> On the next version of "GISVM Server" it is planned to include a Dropbox folder: /home/user/Dropbox
>
> Both of them can be used to include Documentation, so it can be easily access from outside (GISVM) and updated.
>
>   
>> You installed gvSIG into /home/user.
>> Can I move it somewhere
>> else or do you have a special reason to keep it there?
>>     
>
> Yes you can. Just beware of user file access rights!
>
> Cheers,
> RP
>
>
>
> ----- Mensagem original ----
> De: Stefan Hansen <stefan.hansen at lisasoft.com>
> Para: "live-demo at lists.osgeo.org" <live-demo at lists.osgeo.org>
> Enviadas: Quinta-feira, 27 de Agosto de 2009 9:21:36
> Assunto: [Live-demo] questions
>
> Hi!
>
> I just have some quick questions:
>
> In which folder should we store documentation?
>
> Ricardo: You installed gvSIG into /home/user. Can I move it somewhere
> else or do you have a special reason to keep it there?
>
> Some install-scripts (udig and grass so far) install sample data. For
> last years DVD we had some additional data sets. Most of them were
> loaded into Postgres. Do we want to do that again this year?
>
> cheers,
> stefan
>
>
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