[Ubuntu] UbuntuGIS - Google Summer of Code

[Jerome Villeneuve Larouche]

Hello,

Thank you for the invitation, I'll try to be there, just tell me how 
I'll be able to join you.

On 13-06-06 06:22 AM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
> Jerome,
> I'd like to invite you to join our OSGeo-Live weekly meetings, next 
> meeting starting in 10 hours...
>
> On 5/06/2013 9:35 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> Just to confirm the next meeting:
>>
>> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2013&month=6&day=6&hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=26&p2=240&p3=137&p4=264&p5=179&iv=1800 
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> On 6/06/2013 2:48 AM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> 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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-- 
Jerome Villeneuve Larouche
Mapgears
www.mapgears.com