[Live-demo] Re: QGIS Server on OSGEOLive

[Marco Hugentobler]

>Since
>the LiveDVD wants to showcase *stable* software, I'd vote to go with the
>latest QGIS at the expense of qgis-mapserver.

But if stability is so important for the live DVD, how about the 
solution with the 1.7.4alpha (see mail below)? It already has many 
bugfixes over 1.7.3 also for QGIS desktop.

Regards,
Marco

 >Hi Hamish

 >>if the bug fix is minimal, you might convince jef
 >>to upload a qgis 1.7.3-2 package to ubuntugis's ppa
 >>containing the patch... perhaps that's the cleanest
 >>solution.
 >
 >Jürgen tells it would be possible to create a 1.7.4alpha. So either 
this or a downgrade to < 1.7.3 would be fine.
 >
 >Regards,
 >Marco

On 01.02.2012 13:19, Tim Sutton wrote:
> Hi
>
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:09 PM, Micha Silver<micha at arava.co.il>  wrote:
>> On 01/02/2012 13:01, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>>
>> I'm in favour of keeping qgis-mapserver, as we had it on the DVD before.
>> If this means rolling back to version 1.7.0, that would be my preference.
>>
>> Tim, do you have strong reasons for going with 1.7.3 instead of 1.7.0?
>>
>>
>> Sorry to butt in. I've found each minor update of QGIS to include several
>> good bug fixes, making the 1.7.3 more solid than the original 1.7.0.  Since
>> the LiveDVD wants to showcase *stable* software, I'd vote to go with the
>> latest QGIS at the expense of qgis-mapserver.
>> --
>> Micha
>>
> Yes this was exactly my reason.
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>> On 01/02/12 17:30, Tim Sutton wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> My suggestion would be to ship 1.7.3 and hold off on qgis mapserver
>> till the next live cd.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Tim
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Hamish<hamish_b at yahoo.com>   wrote:
>>
>> Hamish:
>>
>> I'm not sure if the ubuntugis ppa pool retains old
>> versions when the newest is uploaded, can't see it
>> on the website.  so setting the version with
>> 'apt-get install qgis=1.7.2' may not be an option;
>> and we'll have to drop the mapserver this time.
>>
>> yes, it is still available, and pinning to an earlier
>> version number is possible if that is desired:
>>
>> http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntugis/ubuntugis-unstable/ubuntu/pool/main/q/qgis/
>>
>>
>> Hamish
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>


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Dr. Marco Hugentobler
Sourcepole -  Linux&  Open Source Solutions
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Technical Advisor QGIS Project Steering Committee