[Live-demo] Dropbox on GISVM for script sharing

Tue Sep 1 22:59:08 PDT 2009

Hi,

This is the GISVM guy with one more brilliant suggestion...I think! ;-)

I really think that we should implement a synchronized folder inside GISVM so that we could easily share and update the install scripts we are making.

The idea is to use the multi-platform engine: Dropbox.
http://www.getdropbox.com/

What I propose is:
1. Install dropbox inside GISVM.
2. Connect it to a common account.
3. And create a special script folder inside it.

We could also associate this account with other computers to manage the account.(outside GISVM)
And allow others to create shared folders into that dropbox-gisvm account.
We could use it to share other files: data, doc, etc
(almost unlimited possibilities)

What are the benefits of this to the project?
1. Easy access, use, add and modify scripts to all software developers (just enter GISVM and put the scripts there)
2. Immediately update of script versions!
3. Dropbox a Multi-platform access (Mac, Windows, Linux...) 
4. We could gain much time on schedule. Because you could make changes until the last minute before the event (and even during the event)

The problems:
1. Dropbox doesn't have a read-only option! So anyone can change the files (just like wiki!!!)
2. Don't really know if this will work on a large scale computers simultaneous accessing the same Dropbox account (just like clone children entering the same school!!! ;-) )

Please, I really would like to know others opinion...

Cheers,
Ricardo Pinho
http://gisvm.com

----- Mensagem original ----
De: Cameron Shorter <cameron.shorter at lisasoft.com>
Para: Hamish <hamish_b at yahoo.com>; "live-demo at lists.osgeo.org" <live-demo at lists.osgeo.org>
Enviadas: Quarta-feira, 2 de Setembro de 2009 5:39:52
Assunto: [Live-demo] Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Re: The Easy steps to get your project on the FOSS4G Live DVD

Thanks Hamish for sending this email to a number of lists, (including 
the osgeo discuss list),

It is great to see so many people getting involved.

I encourage others who have stepped up to write a script for your 
application to also send an email to the discuss list saying something 
like "Yes, we/I'm working on adding a script for the LiveDVD too. ... 
<some details about what you are doing, or why you think it is a good 
idea or ...>"

The success of this LiveDVD project is based upon lots of people all 
contributing a little bit, and hearing about others involvement will 
encourage individuals to get involved.

Hamish wrote:
> Hi all,
>
>
> As previously mentioned by Cameron, in preparation for the upcoming
> OSGeo conference in Sydney build scripts for free & open source
> software are being collected for inclusion on the FOSS4G live DVD +
> virtual machine image.
>
> The disc will be handed out to all conference delegates, and so is a
> really nice showcase + exposure opportunity for your favourite GeoFOSS
> project.
>
>      http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/FOSS4G_2009_Press_Release_28
>
> Feature Freeze is in less than a week, but it is mostly trivial to
> add packages already built for Debian/Ubuntu.
>
> Scripts can both install the app and fetch + install + setup demo
> user data. See here for some examples:
>  https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/gisvm/trunk/bin/
>
>
> I have already added scripts for GRASS[1], GpsDrive (+ OSM maps for
> navigating around downtown Sydney)[2], and MB-System[3]. Other
> contributions are streaming as well. (see above URL)
>
>
> [1] GRASS GIS: 6.4rc including Spearfish + North Carolina sample
> datasets.
>
> [2] gpsdrive: Using a custom debuild for latest version as official
> debian package for gpsdrive lags years(!) behind. Mapnik+PostGIS
> support for auto tile generation is already built in, but a OSM/
> PostGIS/SQL expert is needed to setup/extract just the Sydney area
> from world coastlines.shp + australia.osm otherwise the dataset takes
> up too much room on the disc to justify inclusion.  (help wanted)
> I've got that PostGIS DB running locally for the whole of Australia,
> it works nicely. Now that I have the GpsDrive+OSM projections issues
> sorted out in GpsDrive SVN I'll patch in the bugfix & add the static
> CBD map tiles to the OSGeo build "real soon now".
>
> [3] mbsystem: not activated because I haven't figured out how to get it
> to build/link with shared libraries yet. With static libs it takes
> up 300mb, which is too much for the disc. (help wanted)
>
>
>
>
> A volunteer to add a QGIS build script (and if at all possible QGIS<->
> GRASS plugin) is badly needed! It would be a true shame to not include
> that*; it is probably not so bad, see the gpsdrive build script for
> automatic .deb package building from SVN using "debuild".
> [*] just as it is a shame that that qgis still isn't officially packaged
> for Debian/Ubuntu. (DebianGIS is recruiting for volunteers! We badly
> need to find someone to take over PostGIS duties as well.)
>
>
> A nice side effect of all this is that for anything still unpackaged for
> Debian/Ubuntu, we can use these as templates for a new package.
> e.g. in DebianGIS SVN I've just added the beginnings of official MB-
> System packaging:
>  http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/mbsystem/trunk/debian/
> (help wanted here too:)
>
> Also, it is my personal goal that these scripts can be worked into
> a live-helper build structure for fully automated builds of both the
> DebianGIS and OSGeo Live-Demo Live images using whatever ubuntu/debian
> flavour/release/media you like:
>  http://svn.debian.org/viewsvn/pkg-grass/packages/debian-gis/
>  https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo/browser/livedvd/live-helper/
>  http://wiki.debian.org/DebianLive/live-helper
> With a good collection of build scripts this should be fairly easy.
>
>
>
> regards & a big thanks to all helpers so far,
> Hamish Bowman
> _______________________________________________
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> Discuss at lists.osgeo.org
> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
>  

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