Hello, I know that at least Bas (Couwenberg) and I will be going to FOSDEM[1] 31 january-1 february in Brussels (Belgium). Since this year there will be both a geospatial devroom [1] and a distributions devroom [2], it may be an ideal timing for having a Debian GIS - OSGeo live meeting.
I have also just been writing a proposal for the geospatial devroom about both projects (one could argue that with a slightly different focus it could be a proposal for the distributions devroom instead), but we could also opt for having a BoF meeting somewhere outside the devrooms (or even have a sprint on friday/monday?). >From Debian-GIS to OSGeo live and back OSGeo live (live.osgeo.org) is a self-contained bootable dvd, usb thumb drive or virtual machine based on Lubuntu, that allows you to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything. Debian GIS is a project with the goal of making Debian the best distribution for Geographical Information System applications. And to make things even more complicated, there is also Ubuntu GIS, which provides packages for Ubuntu Even though OSGeo live is based on the packages in Debian, both projects somehow diverted and where OSGeo live managed to get a large (100+) community of contributors, progress in Debian GIS was stalling. Recently however, a new wind is blowing in Debian GIS, coinciding with the debian blends initiative. It looks like a perfect time for bringing more of the packages and documentation on the OSGeo live to properly managed packages. This talk will focus on how one can contribute to both projects, and leaves time for discussion on how collaboration can be improved, what obstacles may need to be tackled before a wider audience could contribute to Debian GIS. Johan [1] https://fosdem.org/2015/ [2] https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2014-October/002039.html [3] https://lists.fosdem.org/pipermail/fosdem/2014-October/002047.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-gis-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CAJOp35=2nPOtXJu=94fNc-jtSJWKy2h=mJsC7=+2v0jtn92...@mail.gmail.com
