[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

Tue Mar 21 04:12:02 PDT 2023

Hi all,

I have prepared an iso using our staging ppa, and that includes QGIS 3.28.4
http://download.osgeo.org/livedvd/nightly/osgeolive-nightly-build39-amd64-081e416-staging.iso

The first time I open QGIS, there seems to be an issue with the widget 
possition, I will open a ticket and investigate.

Best,
Angelos

On 3/19/23 12:59, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
> Great,
>
> I am currently experimenting with bundling the latest (3.30) qgis libraries
> directly into QField as well. There will be some post 3.28 functionality
> that QField could benefit from.
> Once the packages are ready we can check the implications (size etc).
>
> Best
> Matthias
>
> On Sun, Mar 19, 2023 at 11:43 AM Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Updating QGIS version to latest LTR is on my todo list.
>>
>> Best,
>> Angelos
>>
>>
>>
>> On 3/18/23 19:17, Matthias Kuhn wrote:
>>> 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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