Folks, I have initiated an RFC for a project management committee for OSGeo4W. I'd encourage everyone interested in participating to joint the osgeo4w-dev mailing list and to continue detailed discussion there.
http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/osgeo4w-dev I think this list (osgeo-discuss) is a great place to discuss linkages between different packaging efforts. Best regards, Frank On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:06 AM, Jo Cook <joc...@astuntechnology.com> wrote: > The newest version of Portable GIS doesn't require quite so many admin > privileges, but I've also slimmed it down dramatically so it fits on a > smaller USB stick, so it contains a lot less software (no gvsig, no mysql > etc). It is used extensively for training courses in the UK, without too > many problems, and the new version should be better again as I have a > windows 8 VM to test on at last. > > I'd like to bring Portable GIS in line with OSGeo4W and OSGeo Live- I've > spoken to both Alex and Cameron about this in the past- but I have some work > to do before that's possible- namely around documenting exactly which files > I change, and also the build process. It's all in a local mercurial > repository at the moment, but I'd really like to get it online. To be > honest, my big concern is that I don't always have time to focus on things > outside of my core work (maybe that will change post FOSS4G) and I can't > guarantee being able to pitch in at release time, or even respond to issues > in a timely manner. That's the main reason why I've kept it as a little pet > project- so I'm not letting anyone else down! > > Sorry, didn't mean to hijack this discussion! > > I think it makes sense to come up with an over-arching > project/committee/whatever that covers both OSGeo4W and OSGeo-Live, and > maybe PortableGIS at some point, rather than separate projects. It's always > better to share work rather than replicate it. Does anyone have any > objections to that idea? Personally, I'd then sketch out the workflows for > each, and figure out what make-up of committee would be required to oversee > that and go through incubation. > > Jo > > > On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:04 AM, Alex Mandel <tech_...@wildintellect.com> > wrote: >> >> On 09/24/2013 12:50 AM, Johan Van de Wauw wrote: >> > On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 2:08 AM, Angelos Tzotsos <gcpp.kal...@gmail.com> >> > wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> Hi Daniel, >> >> >> >> I am in favor of both OSGeoLive and OSGeo4W going through a few weeks >> >> incubation process. >> >> >> >> Best, >> >> Angelos >> >> >> > My own impression is that if we want to reach out to non-geek GIS >> > users the ideal way would be a system like portable GIS with the great >> > documentation of the live dvd, ie run and test the programs without >> > needing to be admin or having to install different programs. >> >> I've researched this problem, talked with Jo (Current author of >> PortableGIS http://www.archaeogeek.com/portable-gis.html) >> >> There is almost no way to make this work without Admin priveleges on a >> windows machine. Some individual apps can be made to work by extensively >> modifying how they look for libs but many require things like a jvm to >> run on top of, or a mix of system an local libs (e.g. Visual C++ is >> required for many OSGeo4W apps and requires an install, that's actually >> about the only part that has to be installed vs just in the OSGeo4w >> folder). >> >> This is actually why I settled on helping create OSGeo Live bootable >> products and virtual machines. Of course this isn't perfect either as >> figuring out how to boot a disk or usb seems beyond some users, and the >> virtual machine still hits needing admin to install virtualization >> software. >> >> I also agree there's no reason many of the documentation efforts can't >> be shared. >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@lists.osgeo.org >> http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > -- > Jo Cook > Astun Technology Ltd, The Coach House, 17 West Street, Epsom, Surrey, KT18 > 7RL, UK > t:+44 7930 524 155 > iShare - Data integration and publishing platform > > ***************************************** > > Company registration no. 5410695. Registered in England and Wales. > Registered office: 120 Manor Green Road, Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8LN VAT no. > 864201149. > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@lists.osgeo.org > http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmer...@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Software Developer _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
