[Ubuntu] UbuntuGIS - Google Summer of Code

[Angelos Tzotsos]

Hi Alan and welcome Jerome!

Exciting news.
I am forwarding this e-mail to the OSGeoLive list.

Cheers,
Angelos


On 06/05/2013 07:22 PM, Alan Boudreault wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> As some of you may already know, we got a OSGeo Google Summer of Code 
> slot for UbuntuGIS. I'd like to introduce Jérome Vileneuve Larouche (a 
> student at The University of Québec at Chicoutimi) You may already 
> have seen his name on the list since he was working part time with 
> Mapgears during the last year. As the mentor of the project, I'm going 
> to work with Jérome to update and improve UbuntuGIS.
>
> The main goals of the project is to:
>
> - Train the student to be comfortable with debian/ubuntu packaging.
> - Provide the UbuntuGIS-Stable Upgrade (biannual upgrade)
> - Provide packages for Ubuntu Raring.
> - Update UbuntuGIS unstable packages with all latest softwares 
> (Collaborate and contribute to DebianGIS)
> - Collaborate with the user on the mailing list to be aware of the 
> known issues and  provide new package and/or fixes
> - Provide upstream patches to various osgeo projects.
> - Create a new repository for debian stable (7.0) with all current 
> up-to-date packages
> - Create more documentation for users and new contributors. (Howtos, 
> tutorial)
> - Collaborate with the OSGeo LiveDVD project (more packaging for their 
> setup?)
>
> We would be happy to hear comments/suggestions from the community to 
> improve UbuntGIS.
>
> Best Regards,
> Alan
>


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Angelos Tzotsos
Remote Sensing Laboratory
National Technical University of Athens
http://users.ntua.gr/tzotsos