Live GIS Disc Press Release 71

OSGeo-Live 10.5 beta1 released. Test sprint / Doc update

21 February 2017

OSGeo-Live 10.5 beta1 is ready for download at [1]. We're looking for testing applications and updating docs and translations.

In particular, we need help to:

1. Check if any new features need to be added to Project Overviews
2. Run Quickstarts and verify they work as described. Please join us on irc://freenode.net#osgeolive in the upcoming days during our testing sprint.
3. Update review status in our spreadsheet [2]. (It really helps us know if an application has been reviewed, and by who).
4. Translate docs that have been updated.

OSGeo-Live is scheduled to be the default installation at 20+ of the FOSSGIS workshops, and used at [FOSS4G-EU https://europe.foss4g.org/2017/]. We strongly urge all workshop leaders to test OSGeo-Live now and provide feedback, while there is still time to tweak anything required for the workshop.

[1] Download: http://aiolos.survey.ntua.gr/gisvm/10.5/ Mirror: http://osprey.ucdavis.edu/downloads/osgeo/gisvm/gisvm/10.5/

[2] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q5BaEgQtgw4O1bXyeWMlM8XtAOhUgcjZ7Y2O0FZc2H0/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=2014800150

What's been updated:

* Supporting isohybrid ISO images with UEFI
* GRASS 7.2.0
* QGIS 2.14.11
* GDAL 2.1.3
* PostGIS 2.3.2
* GeoServer 2.10.1
* MapServer 7.0.4
* pycsw 2.0.2
* GeoMoose 2.9.2
* PyWPS 4.0.0
* OTB 5.8.0
* SAGA 2.3.1
* ZOO-Project 1.6.0
* pgRouting 2.3.2
* 52nSOS 4.3.9
* MapProxy 1.9.0
* retired Cartaro

Full changelog: https://git.osgeo.org/gogs/osgeo/OSGeoLive/src/master/CHANGES.txt

Schedule

23 Feb 2017 Testing Sprint

27 Feb 2017 English Project Overviews & Quickstarts complete

04 Mar 2017 Translations complete

06 Mar 2017 Release Candidate 1

20 Mar 2017 Final ISO sent to printers

Full Schedule:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1kO6zzmLFfprZGgp5x7Sjwi-EVN6NTGDR4KXvFVtNpR0/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=0

About OSGeo-Live

OSGeo-live is a Lubuntu based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.