[Live-demo] Dropbox on GISVM for script sharing

Tue Sep 1 23:09:53 PDT 2009

Great idea. I was thinking about doing something similar with rsync on 
the osgeo server. But if you think you can set it up on dropbox more 
easily, then I'm all for it.

I assume there will be 5 or so directories within the LiveDVD that we 
will need to syncronise?

Ricardo Pinho wrote:
> 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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