Live GIS Disc Packages

=Goal= The goal of creating packages for the Live GIS Disc is everything required to create a customized version of the Live Disc. This includes Debian packages of


 * geospatial applications
 * configuration files
 * sample data
 * sample projects and examples

The efforts to provide Debian packages does not compete with the DebianGIS-project. Our focus is not on creating official packages for any applications. We only package applications where a project's build process or dependencies make it difficult to create a package fulfilling the official requirements and guidelines for a Debian package. Instead our focus is on packaging additional material (data, examples, configurations) in order to make them easily usable for everyone.

Guidelines

 * Basic rules of reuse apply. If the same application configuration is used by more than one tutorial, it belongs in it's own package.
 * Standard version numbering is required to ensure compatibility as tutorials are updated.
 * Packages should be compatible with both Ubuntu and Debian
 * OSGeo should host a package repository for this work
 * Applications should target release to official Debian repositories as a long-term goal

Issues

 * Having applications start on boot-up causes high memory use and a very slow boot time.
 * Running several applications at a time will have serious consequences for performance. uDig by default used a GeoServer that was backed onto PostGIS.  On a system with 1GB RAM, I was unable to finish loading uDig within 4 hours.  Showcase a single app at a time by default.

Meta-Packages
Also working on packaging applications and additional material makes the collaboration between the different contributors of a project more easy.

To allow for easily reproduce packages and repackaging we store scripts, config-files and instructions on how to build each package in the projects subversion repository.

= Debian Repository =

These sections describe what is in, and what we would like in, the Debian repositories.

Direct from Debian
* GDAL/OGR (with Python, Perl, Ruby bindings) * mapserver * postgis * pgadmin * grass * gdal-grass plugin * proj

For a complete list see DebianGIS Package list and Package status pages.

Not in Debian
* qgis (just needs to be uploaded/approved) * geoserver * uDig * gvSig (some preliminary work done by a DD, issues pointed) * r-spatial * GeoNetwork

Possiblies
* ossim (available on d-gis svn) * jump * WW Java (needs a custom app and testing on debian/ubuntu) http://packages.ubuntu.com/source/intrepid/worldwind

= OSGeo Repository =

These sections describe the packages we have or want in the OSGeo repository.

Suggestions / Requests

 * Addition of some more python tools:
 * OGR
 * Shapely
 * Featureserver
 * Tilecache
 * MapFish
 * Add JTS-1.8.0, with a script to launch the TestBuilder as a demo
 * Add OpenStreetMap stuff :
 * JOSM
 * Mapnik
 * Add GpsDrive
 * (Can render OpenStreetMap data with Mapnik; already packaged)

= Meta-Packages =

Available packages
The list is not complete.