[QGIS-Developer] QGIS Documentation Writer - Report

Mon Apr 8 23:46:44 PDT 2024

Hi Tim.
I am cooked. You made me want to try NixOs now. :)

Le lun. 8 avr. 2024, 14:03, Tim Sutton <tim at kartoza.com> a écrit :

> Hi Regis (and others curious about NixOS)
>
> On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 2:28 PM Selma Vidimlic via QGIS-Developer <
> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> wrote:
>
>> Hello Régis,
>>
>> Thank you for your response and interest in my transition from Windows to
>> NixOS. The change is indeed significant, but I didn't do it alone. Tim
>> helped me set up the system. The thing is, on my PC where I work every day,
>> Windows started causing problems with constant updates, and after one of
>> the updates, the system failed to boot. I tried everything I knew (it's not
>> the first time this has happened), but it didn't work, so I decided to
>> switch to NixOS. As I mentioned, the change is significant, but for now, I
>> still have access to a laptop that is still on Windows, so I'm combining
>> the two. And Tim is of great help, I wouldn't be able to make this change
>> alone.
>>
>
> Yes, I will give Selma all the support she needs :-). For those curious
> about NixOS as a desktop / day to day productivity environment, yes you can
> 100% use it for this. And you don't need to be a guru to use it. Since
> April 2022 there is a nice graphical installer (
> https://www.phoronix.com/news/NixOS-22.05-Released) and they have
> probably one of the largest repositories of packages of any Linux
> distribution (around 80k packages), including QGIS and QGIS LTR which are
> always current. There are many other popular GIS packages too (see
> https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/tree/master/pkgs/applications/gis with
> an active community that maintains them and more are elsewhere in the
> package repo). For novice users, installing a package is no more difficult
> than the equivalent in ubuntu:
>
> apt-get install qgis
>
> becomes
>
> nix-env -i qgis
>
> In fact it is easier since you don't need to set up QGIS 3rd party repo
> first in NixOS.
>
>
> A number of our (Kartoza) team who are not linux gurus use NixOS on their
> desktops - if you ever watched a QGIS Open Day event, it was orchestrated
> by Amy on her NixOS laptop :-P
>
> Have fun!
>
> Regards
>
> Tim
>
>
>
>
>
>>
>> Selma.
>>
>> On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 at 18:09, Régis Haubourg <regis.haubourg at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Selma,
>>> As usual we are all a bit silent, there is so much to follow. Your work
>>> is much appreciated. Keep on this way 👍
>>>
>>> About transitionning to NixOs, you talk about your computer for
>>> everyday's work ?
>>> I've never seen NixOs used as a desktop main setup, mainly for getting
>>> reproducible environment as an alternative to docker on servers. Let us
>>> know how it goes, but maybe the jump from windows to Nix is high ?
>>>
>>> Le ven. 22 mars 2024, 15:33, Selma Vidimlic via QGIS-Developer <
>>> qgis-developer at lists.osgeo.org> a écrit :
>>>
>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>
>>>> Here is the latest report:
>>>>
>>>>    - Organize table - toggle selection
>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8974>
>>>>    - Insert/Edit expression button - display properties
>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8980>
>>>>    - Relation Reference
>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8972>
>>>>
>>>> Additionally, I was focused on transitioning from WindowsOS to NixOS.
>>>>
>>>> Next week, I will continue documenting the 3.36 features. After that is
>>>> finished, I will move on to the 3.38 features.
>>>>
>>>> Have a nice weekend,
>>>> Selma.
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, 1 Mar 2024 at 17:37, Selma Vidimlic <selma at kartoza.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>
>>>>> Here is the documentation report.
>>>>>
>>>>> Merged pull requests:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Identify tool inside the "Working with vector data" chapter
>>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8864>
>>>>>    - Identify tool in "Working with raster data" chapter
>>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8764>
>>>>>    - Issue #8231 - Container type
>>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8907>
>>>>>    - Temporal Controller
>>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8896>
>>>>>
>>>>> Still open:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Style database
>>>>>    <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8765>
>>>>>
>>>>> Working on:
>>>>>
>>>>>    - Identify tool for other data types
>>>>>    - 3.36 features
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Have a nice weekend,
>>>>> Selma.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Fri, 16 Feb 2024 at 17:58, Selma Vidimlic <selma at kartoza.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hello everyone,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Here is the new report.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Pull request that are merged this week:
>>>>>> New checkboxes <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8790>
>>>>>> MSSQL <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8804>
>>>>>> Field properties
>>>>>> <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8795>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> This week, and I will continue next week (point cloud and mesh), I
>>>>>> have been working on creating a new section for Identify results dialog for
>>>>>> individual data formats:
>>>>>> Raster <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8764>
>>>>>> Vector <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8864>
>>>>>> There were also some updates in Style database
>>>>>> <https://github.com/qgis/QGIS-Documentation/pull/8765>.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Have a nice weekend,
>>>>>> Selma.
>>>>>> --
>>>>>> Selma Vidimlic Husic
>>>>>> QGIS Documentation Writer
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Selma Vidimlic Husic
>>>>> QGIS Documentation Writer
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>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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