[Live-demo] OSGeo-Live 11.0 - should kosmo continue to be included?

Tue Jun 6 13:37:57 PDT 2017

I'm looping the osgeo-live email list into this conversation, to open up 
the opportunity to comment.

Cameron

On 6/6/17 11:15 pm, Sergio Baños Calvo wrote:
> Hi Cameron.
>
> Here it's the OpenHub metrics for Kosmo Desktop (sorry for the delay, 
> i had some problems to get them up to date):
>
> https://www.openhub.net/p/kosmo_desktop
>
> Feel free to check and let me know if it's worth to let Kosmo Desktop 
> form part of the OSGeo-LiveDVD.
>
> Regards,
>
> El 31/05/2017 a las 21:49, Cameron Shorter escribió:
>>
>> Thanks Sergio for looking into this.
>>
>> We are open to being convinced that kosmo is still a project that 
>> should be on OSGeo-Live.
>>
>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>
>>
>> On 31/5/17 6:29 pm, Sergio Baños Calvo wrote:
>>> Good morning Cameron.
>>>
>>> Those are bad news :(...
>>>
>>>> * There is no version change of Kosmo for a number of releases.
>>> We haven't increased the Kosmo Desktop number version due to 
>>> internal reasons. The next OsGeo-LiveDVD would include the new 3.2 
>>> version.
>>>
>>>> * We don't have any OpenHub metrics for Kosmo to check community 
>>>> activity
>>> I'm taking care of this, I'll warn you as soon as the openhub 
>>> metrics are all completed so you can check the activity and could 
>>> change the opinion about the project.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> El 27/05/2017 a las 21:50, Cameron Shorter escribió:
>>>>
>>>> Hi Sergio,
>>>>
>>>> We have identified Kosmo as a candidate for retiring from 
>>>> OSGeo-Live. The reasons for considering this are:
>>>>
>>>> * There is no version change of Kosmo for a number of releases.
>>>>
>>>> * We don't have any OpenHub metrics for Kosmo to check community 
>>>> activity
>>>>
>>>> So the question we ask is "Should we recommend new users adopt 
>>>> Kosmo over equivalent Open Source GIS alternatives?"
>>>>
>>>> A good way to demonstrate that is by demonstrating an active community.
>>>>
>>>> I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on this?
>>>>
>>>> Feel free to CC the OSGeo-Live list with your response if you like.
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards, Cameron
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 15/5/17 4:27 pm, Sergio Baños Calvo wrote:
>>>>> Hi Astrid,
>>>>>
>>>>> I'll check and prepare the latest one to be added to the new 
>>>>> version of OSGeo-Live.
>>>>>
>>>>> The Project Overview and Quickstart will be valid for the new one, 
>>>>> but I'll check and add the newest functionalities (and some use 
>>>>> cases) to both of them.
>>>>>
>>>>> Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> El 09/05/2017 a las 21:09, astroidex at gmail.com escribió:
>>>>>> Hi Sergio,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> we have started our build cycle for OSGeo-Live 11.0, due to be 
>>>>>> released at the end of July 2017, in time for FOSS4G 2017 in August.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are interested to know which version of kosmo should be 
>>>>>> installed on OSGeo-Live 11.0?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Version 3.1 was installed on OSGeo-Live 10.5.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Note that our installer feature freeze is 5. June 2017!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Please give us feedback and get involved or provide a different 
>>>>>> person as contact person, which will update your project.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are asking all OSGeo-Live projects to let us know:
>>>>>> 1. What versions of projects should be on OSGeo-Live?
>>>>>> 2. Are there any new projects which should be on OSGeo-Live?
>>>>>> 3. Are there any projects which should be dropped from OSGeo-Live?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Do you think we should drop kosmo from OSGeo-Live?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> As per last announcement [1], with our next OSGeo-Live release we 
>>>>>> intend to focus on quality, and as such will be asking each project:
>>>>>> 1. To help install the latest stable version of the software.
>>>>>> 2. To verify Project Overview and Quickstarts are both up to date 
>>>>>> and in line with our documentation standards.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> You can see results of our first pass review in our status 
>>>>>> spreadsheet [2], column T "11.0 comment", and column U "10.0 Doc 
>>>>>> Review".
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [1] https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Press_Release_75
>>>>>>
>>>>>> [2] 
>>>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q5BaEgQtgw4O1bXyeWMlM8XtAOhUgcjZ7Y2O0FZc2H0/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=2014800150
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Key Milestones
>>>>>> -------------------
>>>>>>  15-May-2017 Decide versions of applications to be installed on 
>>>>>> OSGeo-Live
>>>>>>  22-May-2017 Draft installers for new applications complete
>>>>>>   5-Jun-2017   OSGeo-Live Feature Freeze (final application 
>>>>>> versions installed)
>>>>>>  19-Jun-2017  OSGeo-Live delivered to UAT (final application 
>>>>>> versions installed - Beta stage)
>>>>>>  24-Jul-2017   OSGeo-Live Final ISO
>>>>>>  14-Aug-2017 FOSS4G 2017 Boston
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ... full schedule 
>>>>>> http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB
>>>>>>
>>>>>> We are waiting for your response concerning your project kosmo. 
>>>>>> Any questions, please ask via the OSGeo-Live mailing list 
>>>>>> (live-demo at lists.osgeo.org) or directly.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Warm regards,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Astrid
>>>>>> -- 
>>>>>> Astrid Emde
>>>>>> Charter Member
>>>>>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>>>>>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/User:Astrid_Emde
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> -- 
>>>>>
>>>>> Sergio Baños Calvo
>>>>>
>>>>> Jefe de desarrollos / Development chief
>>>>> Sistemas Abiertos de Información Geográfica,S.L. (SAIG S.L.)
>>>>> Tlfno. móvil / Mobile phone: (+34) 685005960
>>>>> Tlfno. fijo / Office phone: (+34) 954788876
>>>>>
>>>>> E-mail: sbc at saig.es
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- 
>>>> Cameron Shorter
>>>> M +61 419 142 254
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>>
>>> Sergio Baños Calvo
>>>
>>> Jefe de desarrollos / Development chief
>>> Sistemas Abiertos de Información Geográfica,S.L. (SAIG S.L.)
>>> Tlfno. móvil / Mobile phone: (+34) 685005960
>>> Tlfno. fijo / Office phone: (+34) 954788876
>>>
>>> E-mail: sbc at saig.es
>>>
>>
>> -- 
>> Cameron Shorter
>> M +61 419 142 254
>
>
> -- 
>
> Sergio Baños Calvo
>
> Jefe de desarrollos / Development chief
> Sistemas Abiertos de Información Geográfica,S.L. (SAIG S.L.)
> Tlfno. móvil / Mobile phone: (+34) 685005960
> Tlfno. fijo / Office phone: (+34) 954788876
>
> E-mail: sbc at saig.es
>

-- 
Cameron Shorter
M +61 419 142 254

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