[Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.

[Tom Kralidis]

> Date: Sun, 29 Jan 2012 12:11:33 -0800
> From: hamish_b at yahoo.com
> Subject: Re: [Live-demo] pycsw in OSGeo Live.
> To: gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com; cameron.shorter at gmail.com
> CC: live-demo at lists.osgeo.org
> 
> Last April Cameron wrote:
> > My initial feeling is that it would be great to
> > include pywcs in a future release of OSGeo-Live,
> 
> (for the record we did ship it with the 5.0 release,
> just didn't list it on the contents page.)
> 
> > but as pywcs is still only at a 0.1 release,
> 
> version numbers are meaningless. ignore and forget
> them and judge the app on the app instead.
> 

FYI pycsw is at 1.0.0 (which is what looks like is included with 5.0), with 1.2.0 scheduled for April 2012.  What's the timeline for the next livedvd release?

> > without wide uptake yet,
> 
> for FOSS that metric is rather impossible to know,
> but anyway if it is good, hence a great reason to
> include it on the disc- to get it wide exposure!
> chickens and eggs...
> 

Agreed, we do know pycsw is being tested/prototyped in various environments, and that exposure on the livedvd would be beneficial for those looking for a Python CSW (many CSWs are Java-based).

> > it is premature to include pywcs into the next
> > OSGeo-Live release.
> 
> If it's buggy or incomplete that's one thing. If
> it is just unknown that's a very different matter,
> and something we can help with.
> 
> 

pycsw makes a point of passing OGC CITE and it's own testing framework as enhancements/fixes are commited.  We feel is complete enough for a user to stand up an operational CSW catalogue (with transactions if desired as well).

> I suggest to review and improve the overview and
> quickstart reST pages, then make the final call on
> whether to keep it listed on the contents page once
> we get feedback from our beta testers. (a great
> incentive to make the overview page clear about
> what the user should expect, and to make the
> quickstart clear about how to go about doing it)
> 
> 

We would be glad to update these pages as appropriate.  Thanks!

..Tom


 		 	   		  
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