[OSGeoLive] Fwd: Adding QField to OSGeo-Live

Fri Mar 24 04:19:17 PDT 2023

Hi Nicolas,

When I start QGIS for the first time, I do not see the top bar of the 
QGIS window (minimize,maximize,close buttons). When I move (by clicking 
Move from the status bar) the top bar appears.

This is probably related to the initial drawing settings of the QGIS window.

I have only tried in a KVM virtual machine...

Best regards,
Angelos

On 3/24/23 12:35, Nicolas Roelandt wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Thanks Matthias for proposing QField, here is my +1.
>
> Angelos, I downloaded the ISO, what's the issue, I don't get how to
> reproduce it.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Nicolas Roelandt
> OSGeo Charter member
> OSGeo-fr board
> OSGeoLive PSC
>
>
> Le mar. 21 mars 2023 à 12:12, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kalxas at gmail.com> a
> écrit :
>
>> 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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