[Ubuntu] OSGeo Google Summer of Code: Packaging project

[Cameron Shorter]

Hi Jerome,
I'm moving this email thread to the Ubuntu GIS email list. (I assume all 
CCed would already be on this list?)

On 25/04/2014 12:03 am, Jerome Villeneuve Larouche wrote:
> Hello to all of you, it's really fun to see everyone interested in the 
> project.
>
> I'm currently in my last week of University so I don't have a lot of 
> time, which explains the delay.
That's fine, feel free to continue this email thread in a week or so 
when study has finished.
>
> 1. For the mailing list, maybe the UbuntuGIS mailing could be used?
Ok, now CCed.
>
> 2. Once again, I suppose the UbuntuGIS wiki could work?
Your call as to which wiki you wish to use. Once you start, I suggest 
copying across any relevant material, and letting others know where it is.
Of particular note, I'm very much hoping that one of the outcomes for 
this project will be guidelines for java packaging, which we will 
include, or reference from our OSGeo-Live wiki.
>
> 3. I could start working on Java packaging earlier. I still want to 
> update UbuntuGIS first since it's been a while. Once it's done I could 
> start looking into Java while pushing things on Stable.
Lets discuss this with mentors and yourself once we officially start, 
probably in an IRC session.
>
> 4. Daniel and me are in Chicoutimi, Québec so EDT. I remember from 
> last year that the OSGeoLive meeting was fitting for me.
OSGeo-Live meeting is currently at: 
http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?hour=20&min=30&sec=0&p1=179&p2=189&p3=224&p4=22&p5=240&p6=196&p7=215

Location 	Local time 	Time zone 	UTC offset
New York <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=179>(U.S.A. 
- New York) 	Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 4:30:00 PM 	EDT 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/edt.html> 	UTC-4 
hours
Québec <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=189>(Canada - 
Quebec) 	Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 4:30:00 PM 	EDT 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/edt.html> 	UTC-4 
hours
San Francisco 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/usa/san-francisco>(U.S.A. - 
California) 	Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 1:30:00 PM 	PDT 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/na/pdt.html> 	UTC-7 
hours
Auckland 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/new-zealand/auckland>(New 
Zealand) 	Friday, 25 April 2014 at 8:30:00 AM 	NZST 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/pacific/nzst.html> 
	UTC+12 hours
Sydney <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=240>(Australia 
- New South Wales) 	Friday, 25 April 2014 at 6:30:00 AM 	AEST 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/est.html> 	UTC+10 
hours
Perth <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/australia/perth>(Australia 
- Western Australia) 	Friday, 25 April 2014 at 4:30:00 AM 	AWST 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/au/wst.html> 	UTC+8 
hours
Rome <http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/city.html?n=215>(Italy) 
Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 10:30:00 PM 	CEST 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/library/abbreviations/timezones/eu/cest.html> 
UTC+2 hours
Corresponding UTC (GMT) 	Thursday, 24 April 2014 at 20:30:00 
<http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20140424T2030> 		



This will likely be a challenge for Ben in Perth, (who is a key person 
to help with java packaging). Maybe slip the meeting timeslot to 1.5 hrs 
later? Ben, I'd be interested to hear your thoughts on timeslots that 
you can make.

>
> Once again, thank you for mentoring me!
You are welcome. Thanks for doing the work.
>
> On 14-04-22 05:02 PM, Cameron Shorter wrote:
>> Congratulations Jerome on being selected to work on GSoC again.
>>
>> And welcome to your mentors, all CCed, and listed here:
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_GSoC_2014#Mentors
>>
>> (I've also CCed Hamish, who I understand doesn't have the time to 
>> mentor this project, but I suspect would be able to be questioned in 
>> a pinch?)
>>
>> Jerome,
>> I suggest it would be a good idea to start working out house keeping 
>> issues. In particular:
>>
>> 1. I assume we should work on a particular email list to archive our 
>> conversations. They will likely be valuable to future packagers. I'd 
>> be inclined to use the osgeo-live list, but am happy to suggest an 
>> alternative list as the primary place to CC conversations. (This 
>> email thread should be added to the list selected.
>>
>> 2. I expect it would be worth while having a central wiki or similar 
>> where you collate your collective learning and document your 
>> progress. I'd suggest building upon: 
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_GSoC_2014
>> but am happy for you to suggest somewhere else. (Your project idea 
>> should be linked from, or copied to this page)
>>
>> 3. I'd be keen to open up discussion about the goals for the project. 
>> In particular, I feel the greatest need we have as an OSGeo community 
>> is to remove the barriers around packaging java projects, which have 
>> to date been difficult to get packaged. I'd like to see a greater 
>> emphasis placed to researching, solving and documenting the java 
>> packaging issues. And we are luckily enough to have one of the core 
>> GeoTools/GeoServer developers as a mentor to help with this - Ben 
>> Caradoc-Davies. How would you feel about starting on the java 
>> packaging challenges earlier? If we could package geotools and 
>> geoserver as part of this project, and have the process embedded into 
>> the project's build process, I'd consider that as one of the greatest 
>> successes of the time with GSoC.
>>
>> 4. It might be good to set up an IRC session, maybe as part of the 
>> weekly OSGeo-Live meeting. However, selecting a time slot will likely 
>> be challenging based on where we all live. I've added my location 
>> (Sydney, Australia) to our listings at: 
>> http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_GSoC_2014#Mentors
>> I suggest others do the same, so we can see if there would be a time 
>> slot that would suite everyone.
>>
>>
>> -------- Original Message --------
>> Subject: 	[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo Google Summer of Code: 23 accepted 
>> students for 2014
>> Date: 	Mon, 21 Apr 2014 21:13:26 +0200
>> From: 	Anne Ghisla <a.ghisla at gmail.com>
>> To: 	OSGeo Google Summer of Code list <soc at lists.osgeo.org>, OSGeo 
>> Discuss list <discuss at lists.osgeo.org>, ICA OSGeo Labs list 
>> <ica-osgeo-labs at lists.osgeo.org>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hello all, and sorry for cross posting,
>>
>> let us warmly welcome the 23 accepted students and their mentors for
>> this round of GSoC!
>>
>> We received over 60 proposals from a variety of geospatial projects -
>> choosing wich ones to accept has been a difficult task, and we apologise
>> for not being able to take all the outstanding ones.
>>
>> We accepted the following students (in software's alphabetical order):
>> * Cartaro: Naveen Panwar
>> * GDAL/OGR: Varun Saraf and Mikhail Gusev
>> * GeoNode: Vikas Mishra
>> * GRASS GIS: Vaclav Petras, Matej Krejci and Anna Petrasova
>> * gvSIG: Manuel Madrid and Oscar Martinez
>> * istSOS: Priska Pietra
>> * MapServer: Jessica Lapointe
>> * Neo4j: William Lyon
>> * Opticks: Roberta Ravanelli
>> * OpenStreetMap: Lukasz Gurdek
>> * OSSIM: Martina Di Rita
>> * Orfeo Toolbox (OTB): Martina Porfiri
>> * PostGIS: Mohit Kumar
>> * pgRouting: Manikanta Kondeti and Mukul Priya
>> * pyWPS: Anna Homolka
>> * Software packaging: Jerome Villeneuve Larouche
>> * QGIS: Nishith Maheshwari
>> * uDig/GeoTools: Silvia Franceschi
>>
>> This list includes OSGeo projects (official and incubating) and
>> like-minded projects - let GSoC be a "gathering of tribes", an occasion
>> to improve communication among all geospatial open source initiatives.
>>
>> See the full list of OSGeo accepted proposals here:
>> https://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/org2/google/gsoc2014/osgeo
>>
>> We wish all students and mentors a great summer!
>>
>> Anne, Hamish and Dustan
>> OSGeo GSoC Admins
>>
>>
>>
>
>
> -- 
> Jérôme Villeneuve Larouche
> www.mapgears.com

-- 
Cameron Shorter,
Software and Data Solutions Manager
LISAsoft
Suite 112, Jones Bay Wharf,
26 - 32 Pirrama Rd, Pyrmont NSW 2009

P +61 2 9009 5000,  W www.lisasoft.com,  F +61 2 9009 5099

-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://lists.osgeo.org/pipermail/ubuntu/attachments/20140425/2c9f41bf/attachment-0001.html>