Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Many thanks to you all for your support and quick actions!! I will document the existing effort on the wiki page (http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Enterprise_Linux_GIS) and then announce it at various places (like the CentOS and Scientific Linux mailing lists). Meanwhile those interested can already re

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Alexis Guéganno
Hi ! Moreover, the repo on the openSUSE Build Service (OBS) can be used for other distros. It has been designed by the suse teams for such use. Greetings, Agemen. On 3 June 2010 14:08, Alan Boudreault wrote: > Hi Mathieu, > > I've created the mailing list for Entreprise Linux. I'm glad to see

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Alan Boudreault
Hi Mathieu, I've created the mailing list for Entreprise Linux. I'm glad to see other people interested in linux binaries distribution. RPMs will be, of course, very useful. I suggest you to take a look at the "Application:/Geo" repository of OpenSuse. Perhaps you could coordinate effort with t

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Mathieu Baudier
> You are welcome to start some relevant pages on wiki.osgeo.org as for > mailing list, please file a ticket on the osgeo trac instance and set > the component to SAC (System Administration Committee). Make sure to > include the names and email addresses for the admins of the list. Then > we'll see

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Mathieu Baudier
>> Could you please elaborate on that? >> Do you think of server or of desktops? > Desktops. > To get to core GIS server functionality on CentOS 5.x isn't so hard even > today, I believe. You may need to compile mapserver, gdal, but most of the > libraries are available, no? Yes you're perfectly r

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Micha Silver
On 03/06/2010 10:29, Mathieu Baudier wrote: Hi Micha, thanks for your feedback! Second - Having said that, most users will probably wait till CentOS 6.x ... Could you please elaborate on that? Do you think of server or of desktops? Desktops. To get to core GIS server functional

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Alex Mandel
On 06/03/2010 12:29 AM, Mathieu Baudier wrote: > Hi Micha, > > thanks for your feedback! > >> Second - Having said that, most users will probably wait till CentOS 6.x ... > > Could you please elaborate on that? > Do you think of server or of desktops? > > I guess that desktops will switch prett

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Hi Micha, thanks for your feedback! > Second - Having said that, most users will probably wait till CentOS 6.x ... Could you please elaborate on that? Do you think of server or of desktops? I guess that desktops will switch pretty fast (even though even myself will take sometime before switchin

Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-03 Thread Micha Silver
Hello Mathieu: I see no-one from OSGeo has responded yet (not on the list, anyway) so I'll chime in with a few quick comments. First - Your initiative is IMHO very positive, worthwhile even long overdue. I am sure a repo of CentOSGIS with a consistant set of packages will be well accepted and

[OSGeo-Discuss] Request for a new project: GIS for Enterprise Linux

2010-06-01 Thread Mathieu Baudier
Hello, we would like to set up a new project within the OSGeo Foundation whose purpose would be to coordinate efforts around the packaging and usage of GIS software on Enterprise Linux (EL), that is, Red Hat Enterprise Linux and its community derivatives such as CentOS and Scientific Linux. We al