Hi all,
I should clarify my statement below, (as has been to me off list), as it
might appear that I'm implying a lack of future, or quality of notebooks.
My comments below relate to level of external testing and size of
community who have reviewed Massimo's notebooks.
I think that Massimo has done an excellent job pioneering notebooks
within the OSGeo-Live framework, and these notebooks provide a great
platform from which to demonstrate OSGeo functionality.
I think our next step is to work toward bringing a groundswell of
community behind the development of these notebooks.
My suggested approach differs a little with that proposed by Massimo,
although I think we are aiming toward the same long term goal (of wide
adoption and community maintenance of Notebooks within the OSGeo-Live
framework).
I'm proposing that we release just a few of the Notebooks first, seek
community feedback on this small subset, adapt if required. But most
importantly build an OSGeo-Live notebook community and buy in before
going too wide.
This question is still unresolved within the core OSGeo-Live team, and
we need to make a decision fast, as our Release Candidate is due next
Monday 14 March. Opinions from our OSGeo-Live community would be greatly
appreciated so we can make a wise decision moving forward.
Warm regards, Cameron
On 7/03/2016 10:54 pm, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Angelos, all,
I concerned about how much new material we are attempting add related
to Jupyter notebooks, all at the last moment.
With OSGeo-Live, we have built our reputation around quality and
stability, and I think we should be careful not to compromise that. We
will attract more users to Jupyter notebooks if they try one excellent
notebook, and look elsewhere for more, than if they try 10 notebooks
which almost work.
So before adding a new Notebook, I suggest that it should be tested
start to finish, and then thoroughly reviewed by the author, and then
at least one other person, preferably 2.
Am I right in understanding that we are currently proposing to add ~
30 new notebooks? I'd be inclined to pick out 2 to 5 of these and
focus on getting just these working.
(The remainder can be included on OSGeo-Live for testing and
workshops, just ensure that you can only find it if provided with the
correct URL)
That said, who do we have available to help test notebooks? If you can
help out, please reply to this email, volunteering your services.
On 7/03/2016 10:34 pm, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
2. Jupyter Notebooks: We currently have a git repository with
notebooks to include in the final release and we also have an open
pull request to merge the work from GSoC 2015 [5].
There is a special nightly build [6][7] including the GSoC notebooks.
We need to evaluate all our notebooks for this release and make a
decision on the notebooks to be included.
Perhaps we need a team of volunteers to go through all notebooks and
review them? Perhaps we need a spreadsheet listing all notebooks and
their status? Thoughts?
--
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
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