Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] RE : Re: OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 24/09/2013 02:08, Angelos Tzotsos ha scritto: > I am in favor of both OSGeoLive and OSGeo4W going through a few weeks > incubation > process. Hi all. Incubation is not an issue. The problem, IMHO, is to find a good and productive governance model

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Cameron Shorter
On 24/09/13 05:35, Paolo Cavallini wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 23/09/2013 20:46, Cameron Shorter ha scritto: From what I can gather from the outside, it seems osgeo4w's primary requirement is a 1+ dedicated developer(s) who will drive the core functions of the pro

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] RE : Re: OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Angelos Tzotsos
On 09/24/2013 02:57 AM, Daniel Morissette wrote: On 13-09-23 11:08 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Hi Daniel, I see two possibilities here: * osgeo4w is an official foundation project, and as such it does not need to apply for incubation (it would be circular reasoning); in this case the PSC should

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] RE : Re: OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Daniel Morissette
On 13-09-23 11:08 AM, Paolo Cavallini wrote: Hi Daniel, I see two possibilities here: * osgeo4w is an official foundation project, and as such it does not need to apply for incubation (it would be circular reasoning); in this case the PSC should be appointed by the foundation, or * it is an inde

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Mateusz Loskot
On 23 September 2013 22:49, Tamas Szekeres wrote: > 2013/9/23 Mateusz Loskot >> >> Although I suggested CoApp route as I think it's the right modern way >> to package FOSS for Windows, >> I don't think I will be able to get actively involved in this project I'm >> afraid >> (I'm no longer able to

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Tamas Szekeres
2013/9/23 Mateusz Loskot > > Although I suggested CoApp route as I think it's the right modern way > to package FOSS for Windows, > I don't think I will be able to get actively involved in this project I'm > afraid > (I'm no longer able to target Windows with my volunteered > contributions that I

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Mateusz Loskot
On 23 September 2013 20:35, Paolo Cavallini wrote: > what we mainly need IMHO is a clear direction, and > therefore a mechanism to take decisions (e.g. the approach from Tamas is quite > interesting, and different from the current one; Mateusz has suggested an > alternative > route; etc.). Paolo

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 23/09/2013 20:46, Cameron Shorter ha scritto: > From what I can gather from the outside, it seems osgeo4w's primary > requirement is a > 1+ dedicated developer(s) who will drive the core functions of the project. > Namely, > setting a release sch

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Cameron Shorter
I agree that with some love, OSGeo4W has the potential to be an excellent asset to the OSGeo community. It also shares many synergies with OSGeo-Live, and I could see many opportunities for the two projects to benefit each other. For instance, the OSGeo-Live Project Overviews could be extende

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] RE : Re: OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 22/09/2013 10:35, Tamas Szekeres ha scritto: > I'd suggest Mateusz an Jeff should also be invited (if they have > time). Any other who is involved in packaging Windows stuff, please > feel free to check in as well. I personally would welcome any i

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Board] RE : Re: OSGEO4W future

2013-09-23 Thread Paolo Cavallini
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Il 22/09/2013 10:41, Daniel Morissette ha scritto: > Personally I'd treat OSGeo4W as a software project, with a PSC, > committers, etc. We should do the same with OSGeo-Live actually, > take it out of the Marketing committee and treat it as a sofware

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [ica-opensource] [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" education mission is now launched

2013-09-23 Thread TUONG THUY VU
Wows, I did not expect it, just to commit myself. Will let you updated the progress. Many thanks. Thuy _ From: Steven Feldman [shfeld...@gmail.com] Sent: 23 September 2013 21:02 To: TUONG THUY VU Cc: Suchith Anand; ica-osgeo-l...@lists.osgeo.org; discuss@lists

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [ica-opensource] [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" education mission is now launched

2013-09-23 Thread Steven Feldman
Thuy I wanted to let you and the community know that the FOSS4G LOC awarded you a FOSS4G Hero badge for your pledge "I pledge to fully deploy OSGEO tools in my School education programme" We were inspired by your pledge and look forward to hearing from you how you progress. Mail me off list w

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] [Ica-osgeo-labs] "Geo for All" education mission is now launched

2013-09-23 Thread Suchith Anand
Thuy, Thank you for presenting our network at Asian Geospatial Forum. This is excellent opportunity to inform other colleagues in the region on our initiative. Conferences and events are excellent opportunities to spread the message and get more universities involved. Suchith PS: Could i a