I'd like to hear thoughts on whether we should be retiring MapTiler.
My thoughts are that we should be helping new users find established
Open Source projects, which typically are projects which have a strong
community behind them.
I note that MapTiler hasn't changed version number since OSGeo-Live 3.0,
and is still reported as a beta status.
I also note from the Ohloh metrics, there seems to be very little
development:
http://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html
I suspect that users might be moving to another project instead? Eg:
GeoWebCache?
On 23/07/2013 8:28 AM, OSGeo wrote:
#1167: Retire MapTiler
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Reporter: camerons | Owner: live-demo@…
Type: task | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone: OSGeoLive7.0
Component: LiveDVD | Keywords: maptiler
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As per request from Klokan Petr Pridal, the MapTiler point of contact, we
should retire MapTiler.
Of note, MapTiler has remained at version 1.0beta2 for a few years now
(since OSGeo-Live 3.0), which suggests a diminishing open source community
behind the project.
Todo:
* Update maptiler Project Overview and Quickstart to retired status in
main docs.
* comment out install_maptiler.sh from main.sh installers
* comment out maptiler from metrics.rst docs
On 23/07/2013 9:03 AM, OSGeo wrote:
#1167: Retire MapTiler
Comment(by hamish):
I find the MapTiler program to be still useful and relevant, and would by
willing to maintain it on the live dvd on an ongoing basis. (it's tiny and
zero maintenance anyway so I don't mind much)
Since it just works, it doesn't matter that there hasn't been a new
version in ages.
It just means it is mature; the GDAL backend it uses regularly updated so
it "gets updates" that way.
regards,
Hamish
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