On 27/05/16 07:11, Cameron Shorter wrote:
Any progress getting your application together for WhatIf to join
OSGeo-Live?
https://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Disc_Apply
We really should start working through an application within the
next few days if we are going to
have time to get onto the next 10.0 release of OSGeo-Live.
Hi Cameron,
Here are my answers to the standard list of questions, an
easy-to-read version on google docs:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XEh90Uf2Er1Cl3jE1r5Z2LAMokhcVybHc4z7tSe8O2k/edit?usp=sharing
And in plain text:
Please describe your application.
* What is its name?
* Online WhatIf
* What is the home page URL?
* http://aurin.org.au/projects/portal-and-infrastructure/what-if/
* https://github.com/AURIN/online-whatif
* Which OSI approved Open Source Licence is used?
* MIT and GPLv3
* A list of dependencies and their licenses for each component:
*
https://github.com/AURIN/online-whatif/blob/master/DEPENDENCIES.md
*
https://github.com/AURIN/online-whatif-ui/blob/master/DEPENDENCIES.md
*
https://github.com/AURIN/workbenchauth/blob/master/DEPENDENCIES.md
* What does the application do and how does it add value to the
GeoSpatial stack of software?
* Online WhatIf uses existing GIS data to support some of the
most important and difficult
aspects of the land planning process: analyzing the suitability of
land for different uses,
projecting future land use demands, and allocating the projected
demandsto the most suitable
locations. It can also be used to prepare long-term projections for
future land uses, population
and housing, and employment for a user-defined area.
* Does the application make use of OGC standards? Which versions of
thestandards? Client or
server? You may wish to add comments about how standards are used.
* WMS and WFS
* What language is it written in?
* Backend: Java
* Front end: JavaScript with ExtJS
WMS, WFS.
* Which version of the application should be included in the next
OSGeo-Live release?
* Version 1.0
* Stability is very important to us on OSGeo-Live. If a new user
finds a bug in one application,
it will tarnish the reputation of all other OSGeo-Live applications
as well. (We pay most
attention to the following answers):
* If risk adverse organisations have deployed your application
into production, it would imply
that these organisations have verified the stability of your
software. Has the application been
rolled out to production into risk (ideally risk adverse)
organisations?Please mention some of
these organisations?
* AURIN (Australian Urban Research Infrastructure Network)
* Open HUB provides metrics to help assess the health of a
project. Eg:
http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/metrics.html Could you
please ensure that your
project is registered with Open HUB, and Open HUB has been updated
to reference the correct code
repository(s) for your project. What is the Open HUB URL for your
project?
* https://www.openhub.net/p/online-whatif
* What is the size of the user community? You can often answer
this by mentioning downloads,
or describing a healthy, busy email list?
* ~50
* What is the size of your developer community?
* 3, soon to be 4
* Do you have a bug free, stable release?
* Yes, version 1.0
* Please discuss the level of testing that your project has gone
through.
* There are many test units written in TestNG for all
functions ofthe tool. Also the
tool’s modules have been tested by AURIN's domain expert in terms of
the formulas and outputs.
There is a sample project which is copied into the account of each
user after logging in. This
sample project is a completed project which contains all modules
like Suitability, Demand and
Allocation.
* How long has the project has had mature code.
* 2 years
* OSGeo-Live is targeted at applications that people can use
rather than libraries. Does the
application have a user interface (possibly a command line
interface) that a user can interact
with? (We do make an exception for Incubated OSGeo Libraries, and
will include Project Overviews
for these libraries, even if they don't have a user interface.)
* Online WhatIf has a web-based user interface.
* We give preference to OSGeo Incubated Projects, or Projects
which are presented at FOSS4G
conferences. If your project is involved in OSGeo Incubation, or has
been selected to be presented
at FOSS4G, then please mention it.
* With around 50 applications installed on OSGeo-Live, us core
packagers do not have the time
to liaise with every single project email list for each OSGeo-Live
release. So we require a
volunteer (or two) to take responsibility for liaising between
OSGeo-Live and the project's
communities. This volunteer will be responsible for ensuring the
installscripts and English
documentation are updated by someone for each OSGeo-Live release.
Also test that the installed
application and Quickstart documentation works as expected on
release candidate releases of
OSGeo-Live. Who will act as the project's liaison person.
* Robert Hutton <rhut...@unimelb.edu.au>
* OSGeo-Live is Ubuntu Linux based. Our installation preference is:
* Install from UbuntuGIS or DebianGIS
* Install .deb files from a PPA
* Write a custom install script
* Online WhatIf has a custom install script for OSGeo
* Can you please discuss how your application will be installed.
* 3 WAR files installed in the local tomcat
* Front end
* Back end
* Authentication manager
* 1 PostGIS database
* 1 CouchDB database
* Layers hosted in the local geoserver
* Optional dependencies (not installed by default)
* Postfix and dovecot for emailing new user accounts
* OSGeo-Live is memory and disk constrained. Can the application
runin 512 Meg of RAM?
* No. Minimum requirement of 1GB RAM.
* How much disk space will be required to install the
application and a suitable example
application?
* 250MB
* We aim to reduce disk space by having all applications make
use ofa common dataset. We
encourage applications to make use of the example datasets already
installed:
http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Add_Project#Example_Datasets If
another dataset would be more
appropriate, please discuss here. Is it appropriate, to remove
existing demo datasets which may
already be included in the standard release.
* A demo dataset is included pre-loaded into PostGIS
* Each OSGeo-Live application requires a Project Overview
available under a CC By and a
Quickstart available under a CC By-SA license. (You may release
under a second license as well).
Will you produce this?
* Yes
* In past releases, we have included Windows and Mac installers
for some applications. It is
likely we won't have space for these in future releases. However, if
there is room, would you be
wishing to include Windows and/or Mac installers?
* No
Regards,
Rob
