[postgis-users] Re: Cancelled Jeff Waugh Talk - GIS in Ubuntu

[John Taber]

Martin,
It will be great to have PostGis in Universe.  I've copied the PostGis 
list on this, maybe the key packagers can communicate with you directly.
Alex Bodnaru <alexbodn at 012.net.il>  - is debian packager for PostGis
Blair Zajac <blair at orcaware.com> - has made Breezy packages for both 
Postgresql 8.1 and PostGis
John

Mark Shuttleworth wrote:
> John Taber wrote:
>>I was hoping to ask him about getting PostGIS support into Universe
>>(it's now getting into Debian Unstable).  GIS is becoming a standard
>>in all NA cities for planning, engineering, and used throughout the
>>healthcare and emergency response areas.  Yet for the most part GIS
>>has been a windows only domain.  The advent of QGIS now in Universe is
>>a huge step forward.  PostGIS allows GIS data to be converted to
>>PostgreSQL and thus used on Linux.  Really hope PostGIS can get
>>supported in Ubuntu.  There's an active discussion list for PostGIS at
>>postgis-users at postgis.refractions.net
> 
> It should be no problem to get PostGIS into Universe. Do you have
> someone who maintains packages for it? The PostGRES rock star in Ubuntu
> is Martin Pitt, so he may have comments.
>