[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

Sat Mar 18 10:17:23 PDT 2023

Hi all,

Thank you for the positive feedback.
Based on this, we are excited to start working on this.

While bootstrapping the install script, we identified one additional
challenge to tackle.
At the moment, OSGeoLive ships with QGIS version 3.22.4.
QField depends on QGIS but recent stable versions require a newer version
of QGIS.

For additional context, QGIS 3.22 is end of life and the current LTR is
3.28 [1]. QGIS 3.22.4 is actually a very early release of the QGIS 3.22
series, meanwhile tons of bugs have been fixed.

For QField we see 3 possible approaches:

 a) compile a newer QGIS version as part of the QField app. Leave the
current QGIS installation in place (3.22). This will slightly increase the
image size by a couple of MB and also increase the build time.

 b) update QGIS to 3.28, the current LTR (e.g. via qgis.org/ubuntu [2]) and
patch QField to be able to compile against 3.28

 c) use a (very) old version of QField that is compatible with QGIS

We would try to avoid option c) as this would mean shipping QField in a
very old and buggy version.

Are there opinions about upgrading QGIS to a currently maintained and
updated 3.28 LTR version, which would mean installing it from a different
repository?

Thank you
Matthias

[1] https://www.qgis.org/en/site/getinvolved/development/roadmap.html
[2] https://www.qgis.org/en/site/forusers/alldownloads.html#linux

On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 8:09 PM Brian M Hamlin <maplabs at light42.com> wrote:

> +1
> On 3/17/23 11:53, Vicky Vergara wrote:
>
> +1
>
> On Fri, Mar 17, 2023 at 3:17 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> MOTION: Include QField in the next OSGeoLive version.
>>
>> My +1,
>> Angelos
>>
>> On 3/11/23 16:58, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> > I would like to propose the addition of QField as a new OSGeoLive app.
>> >
>> > Below you find the information requested by
>> > https://trac.osgeo.org/osgeolive/wiki/Projects/How_to_apply
>> >
>> > *What is its name?*
>> > QField
>> >
>> > *What is the home page URL?*
>> > https://qfield.org
>> >
>> > *Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?*
>> > GPLv2 or newer
>> >
>> > *What does the application do and how does it add value to the
>> GeoSpatial
>> > stack of software?*
>> > It's a mobile-friendly spatial data collection application based on QGIS
>> > featuring a minimalist yet powerful user interface.
>> >
>> >
>> > *Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of the
>> > standards? Client or server? You may wish to add comments about how
>> > standards are used.*QField supports many OGC standards in many versions
>> as
>> > a client via QGIS providers and ogr/gdal. WMS, WFS, OGC API Features,
>> GPKG,
>> > probably more.
>> >
>> > *What language is it written in?*
>> > C++ and QML
>> >
>> >
>> > *Which version of the application should be included in the next
>> OSGeo-Live
>> > release?*The latest stable release of the 2 series
>> >
>> > QField has been deployed in many organizations in various areas and is
>> in
>> > use for years, for example:
>> > - Forestry
>> > - Geology
>> > - Urbanism
>> > - Railway
>> > - Underground Infrastructure (Fibre, Water, Electricity)
>> > - Public Services (Health, Police, ...)
>> > - Biology
>> > - GIS introduction courses
>> >
>> > Currently, QField has more than 500'000 downloads on Android, and is
>> also
>> > available on Linux, iOS, macOS and Windows.
>> >
>> > It has been developed since 2014 and has since seen a stream of commits
>> by
>> > various contributors. See https://www.openhub.net/p/QField for details.
>> > It has furthermore triggered various improvements to QGIS as well
>> > (functionality, bug fixes and paving for the move from QGIS 2 to 3).
>> There
>> > is a set of unit tests included in QField as well as a lively and
>> reactive
>> > issue tracker (on github).
>> >
>> > The QField app has been presented at most FOSS4G's since Bonn.
>> >
>> > QField will be able to run with 512 MB of memory (although it performs
>> > better with more)
>> > The disk space for a full package with all dependencies is between 60MB
>> and
>> > 100MB. On OSGeo-Live it will (very likely) reuse the already installed
>> QGIS
>> > libraries, so it will be much less than this.
>> > Windows and Mac installers are available and can be included or linked
>> if
>> > desired.
>> >
>> > I and Mathieu Pellerin (aka nirvn) are happy to volunteer for the
>> > maintenance of this application in OSGeo-Live.
>> >
>> > We will be happy to follow up with project overview and quickstart
>> pages as
>> > well as installation scripts for the integration as soon as this
>> > application has been approved for integration.
>> >
>> > Thank you in advance for your considerations
>> > On behalf of the QField dev team
>> > Matthias
>> >
>> >
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>>
>>
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>> President
>> Open Source Geospatial Foundation
>> http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos
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