[Live-demo] 6.0 alpha1 Status

[Angelos Tzotsos]

On 04/29/2012 06:21 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
> On 04/29/2012 02:34 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I am planning to create a first build (alpha1) based on ubuntu 12.04 
>> within the next week.
>>
>> Many of the scripts are working, but this will help us evaluate our 
>> current status and motivate projects to jump in.
>>
>> During the whole process we are updating the status spreadsheet [1].
>>
>> Should we wait for UbuntuGIS ppa to be enabled for 12.04 or should we 
>> go on without it and record the problems?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Angelos
>>
>>
>> [1] 
>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc#gid=13
>>
> I just finished testing ALL installation scripts. I have recorded the 
> results in the above status spreadsheet. Some fixes have also been 
> applied in trunk.
>
> I think our major issues right now are:
>
> 1. Java:    Only openjdk has been installed but I realize that some 
> desktop packages (like uDig, Kosmo...) have a version of sun-java-jre 
> + JAI bundled within their installation archives. This raises an 
> interesting question:
> "If we allow desktop gis projects to bundle sun-java, why we should 
> not allow web services (geoserver, deegree etc) to do so too?"
> Should we install sun-java (even by hand in the base vm, before 
> running the scripts, and not by using any automation) and help all the 
> projects use that SINGLE instance OR perhaps should we remove every 
> instance of sun-java?
>
> 2. UbuntuGIS being available for 12.04 and PostGIS version to be 
> included.
>
> Regards,
> Angelos
>
> PS. Sorry for the large number of e-mails the last 12 hours :)
>

You can find the first alpha version here:

http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/6.0/


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Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos