[Ubuntu] reviving ubuntugis

[Ivan Mincik]

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Johan, thanks for this message.

On 10.02.2015 23:48, Johan Van de Wauw wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Ubuntugis has seen relatively little attention recently. Partly,
> this may actually be a good sign: Debian GIS has been improving a
> lot lately, which means that Ubuntu Trusty (14.04) and Ubuntu
> Utopic (14.10) were released with many recent libraries/programs
> out of the box.
> 
> Personally I believe that this should also change the way we
> operate: I think we should focus more on having "universe" (the
> repository provided by ubuntu) well maintained. There are a few
> things which can be done: triaging bugfixes, uploading security
> updates and sync requests (especially during debian freeze). If we
> have a well maintained universe, I think we can drop most of the 
> releases to the ubuntugis-stable ppa.

big +1

> 
> For ubuntugis-unstable, I think we can and should keep up to date
> with anything that goes into debian. We should also avoid having a
> fork where we have different versions between ubuntu and debian.
> This way we actually ensure that the packages that go into the
> offical archives are working well.

+1

> 
> I think we should also consider removing the "testing" archive.
> The name is confusing for those who know the debian meaning of
> testing, and it is mostly empty. It is perfectly possible to create
> your own temporary ppa for testing should it be necessary.

+1, content and naming of 'testing' repository is confusing for many
people.


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