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astrid_emde: 17.4. release date

2017-04-17T21:44:46Z

17.4. release date

Bencaradocdavies: /* Reducing scope of OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release */

2017-04-17T20:42:52Z

Reducing scope of OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release

Wiki-Camerons at 20:05, 13 April 2017

2017-04-13T20:05:28Z

Wiki-Camerons at 19:24, 13 April 2017

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Wiki-Camerons at 11:21, 12 April 2017

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Wiki-Camerons at 11:13, 12 April 2017

2017-04-12T11:13:52Z

Wiki-Camerons at 08:36, 12 April 2017

2017-04-12T08:36:19Z

Wiki-Camerons: /* Descoping OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release */

2017-04-11T11:30:13Z

Descoping OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release

Wiki-Camerons at 22:59, 10 April 2017

2017-04-10T22:59:50Z

Wiki-Camerons: Created page with "=Descoping OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release= Date For osgeolive-11 press release, I suggest we structure as: We are starting osgeolive 11 release. This time, we beleive we..."

2017-04-10T21:21:39Z

Created page with "=Descoping OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release= Date For osgeolive-11 press release, I suggest we structure as: We are starting osgeolive 11 release. This time, we beleive we..."

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=Descoping OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release=

Date

For osgeolive-11 press release, I suggest we structure as: We are starting osgeolive 11 release. This time, we beleive we need to de-scope for a few reasons. 1. There are included projects which have lost community and probably shouldn’t be recommended by us. 2. We have been continually increasing what we have taken on and we have capped out our volunteer effort. 3. We missed our last deadline for the first time, and we don’t like doing that. Either we need to descope, reduce quality, or get more resources (volunteers or sponsorship). We will be reaching out to communities and asking for help getting projects up to date and quickstarts up to date and help with testing. But we will also be planning to drop some projects. (I think we should also drop 32 bit).

We are starting the build cycle for version 11.0 of the [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] DVD/USB/VM which will be released in August 2016, ready for the global FOSS4G conference in Bonn, Germany.

This release is going to be more challenging than usual as we be moving to the next Long Term Release (LTS) of Ubuntu,16.04 Xenial. We expect to be asking for help to solve the multitude of dependency conflicts likely to be introduced. In particular, we expect most debian packages and bash installers will need tweaking once an alpha OSGeo-Live build is working. Initial packaging efforts have started and the Debian packages will soon appear in UbuntuGIS Unstable (currently in Testing).

We would like to hear from anyone wishing to add new projects to OSGeo-Live, anyone wishing to extend or add translations, or anyone who has ideas on how we should shape the upcoming release.

==Key Milestones==

: xx

[http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB ... full schedule]

==About OSGeo-Live==
OSGeo-live is a [http://lubuntu.net 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.

[[Category: Live-demo]]

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-=Reducing scope of OSGeo-Live  for next 11.0 release=
+=Reducing scope of OSGeo-Live for next 11.0 release=
 April 2017
 For our next OSGeo-Live release, 11.0, we propose to reduce the number of packages included, and only support a 64 bit distribution, (32 bit will be built but not tested or officially supported).
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 ==About OSGeo-Live==
-OSGeo-live is a [http://lubuntu.net 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.
+OSGeo-Live (http://live.osgeo.org) is a [http://lubuntu.net 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.
 [[Category: Live-demo]]

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 Questions we will ask in assessing which projects to keep include:
 # Is there an ACTIVE OSGeo-Live liaison person/people for the project? Prior list is copied to "Contact" column at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q5BaEgQtgw4O1bXyeWMlM8XtAOhUgcjZ7Y2O0FZc2H0/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=2014800150
-# Has the Project Overview and Qucikstart been reviewed and are they current and complete?
+# Has the Project Overview and Quickstart been reviewed and are they current and complete?
 # Do OpenHub metrics reflect an active and healthy community: https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html
 # Is the project being updated on OSGeo-Live with each release?

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 Questions we will ask in assessing which projects to keep include:
-# Is there an active OSGeo-Live liaison person for the project?
+# Is there an ACTIVE OSGeo-Live liaison person/people for the project? Prior list is copied to "Contact" column at: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Q5BaEgQtgw4O1bXyeWMlM8XtAOhUgcjZ7Y2O0FZc2H0/edit?hl=en_GB#gid=2014800150
 # Has the Project Overview and Qucikstart been reviewed and are they current and complete?
 # Do OpenHub metrics reflect an active and healthy community: https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html

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-=Descoping OSGeo-Live  for next 11.0 release=
+=Reducing scope of OSGeo-Live  for next 11.0 release=
 April 2017
-For our next OSGeo-Live release, 11.0, we propose to de-scope what is included.
+For our next OSGeo-Live release, 11.0, we propose to reduce the number of packages included, and only support a 64 bit distribution, (32 bit will be built but not tested or officially supported).
 Factors leading to this suggestion include:

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 # Missing our first release milestone in 9 years.
-We are faced with the choices of:
+From our options of reduce quality, become more efficient, increase volunteer engagement, find a sponsor to support core activities, and reduce scope, reducing scope is our most viable and acceptable option. Other ideas are welcomed.
-Questions we will ask for each project:
+Questions we will ask in assessing which projects to keep include:
 # Is there an active OSGeo-Live liaison person for the project?
 # Has the Project Overview and Qucikstart been reviewed and are they current and complete?
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 : 19-Jun-2017	OSGeo-Live delivered to UAT (final application versions installed - Beta stage)
 : 24-Jul-2017	OSGeo-Live Final ISO
-: 14-Aug-2017	FOSS4G 2017 Boston
+: 14-Aug-2017 FOSS4G 2017 Boston
 [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB ... full schedule]

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 We are faced with the choices of:
 # Reduce quality.
-#* Not being considered.
+#* Not being considered, as quality is high priority.
 # Become more efficient:
 #* Done already.
 # Increase volunteer engagement:
-#* Volunteers always welcomed.
+#* Volunteers are always welcomed.
 # Find a sponsor to support core activities:
 #* Would be awesome, but we're not counting on this.
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 #* This is our most viable option.
-Projects being considered to be kept:
+Questions we will ask for each project:
+# Is there an active OSGeo-Live liaison person for the project?
+# Has the Project Overview and Qucikstart been reviewed and are they current and complete?
-Projects being considered for retirement:
+# Do OpenHub metrics reflect an active and healthy community: https://live.osgeo.org/en/metrics.html
-# <project> : <reason> (including issue number if applicable)
+# Is the project being updated on OSGeo-Live with each release?
 ==Key Milestones==
-:  xx
+:  5-Jun-2017	OSGeo-Live Feature Freeze (final application versions installed)
 [http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB ... full schedule]

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 April 2017
-For our next OSGeo-Live release, 11.0, we propose to de-scope what is included. There are a few factors leading to this suggestion:
+For our next OSGeo-Live release, 11.0, we propose to de-scope what is included.
-Consequently, we have needed to admit to ourselves that we need to re-align scope to match our resources. We are faced with the choices of:
+Factors leading to this suggestion include:
-# Reduce quality. High quality one of our core project goals and not something we plan to compromise on.
+# Some projects have dwindling communities and momentum.
-# Become more efficient. We have already been doing this, and there isn't many more gains to be made.
+# Increased OSGeo-Live scope has increased our core maintenance and testing.
-# Increase our volunteer base and engagement. We are seen some new volunteers step up, and hope to see some more.
+# Reduced engagement from projects (partly due to less core time spent reaching out to projects)
-# Find a sponsor for paid resources to cover core work. This would be awesome, but we don't want to rely on this.
+# Missing our first release milestone in 9 years.
-# Reduce scope. This is our most viable option.
 Projects being considered to be kept: