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This page proposes to create and promote a group of interest for GeoFOSS packaging related issues.
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Distribution development, quality assurance and maintenance are often not addressed by application developers, despite distributions being a very effective way for projects to woe wider audiences and hence sponsors.
 
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The key goals of this project are:
 
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* Facilitate the integration of quality, stable, GeoFOSS packages into Software Distributions.
 
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* Develop "Live CDs" for new users to trial GeoFOSS.
 
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* Develop baseline GeoFOSS to be used as a basis for workshops, tutorials and presentations.
 
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To achieve these goals, we will:
 
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* Define and simplify the process for incorporating GeoFOSS packages into software distribution.
 
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* Open channels of communication between packagers and application developers.
 
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* Providing tools to facilitate GeoFOSS packaging.
 
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= Windows distributions =
 
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== OSGeo4W ==
 
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[http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ OSGeo4W] is a windows based stack of GeoFOSS which is based upon cygwin.
 
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'''Goal''': Ease of installation of the whole GeoFOSS stack in windows.
 
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'''Status''': Aug '08: Actively maintained by community, Works well
 
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* Pros:
 
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** Has already packaged many of the key GeoFOSS applications.
 
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** Likely to release first major release at FOSS4G 2008, 29 Sep 2008.
 
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** Has strong developer community.
 
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* Con
 
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** Needs installation
 
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** Needs internet connection for installation
 
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== PortableGIS ==
 
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[http://www.archaeogeek.com/blog/portable-gis/ PortableGIS] is a collection of GeoFOSS applications that run from a USB stick.
 
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'''Goal''': Have the most important applications always with you.
 
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'''Status''': Actively maintained by one person, (Jo Cook)
 
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* Pro
 
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** No installation required, just run the applications
 
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* Con
 
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** Doesn't work right from CD at the moment
 
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** Applications need clean-up (Eg. Java is bundled more than once)
 
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** Only one maintainer
 
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** Project development infrastructure not set up yet.
 
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** Would benefit by alignment with similar projects.
 
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** PortableGIS currently needs to be run from a writable medium (like and USB stick), it won't work on a read-only medium like a CD.
 
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= Linux =
 
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Unlike the Debian-GIS SIG, which already has mailing list / code repository infrastructure, the RPM-using community does not have such infrastructure and would benefit from hosting by OSGeo.
 
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== Debian Linux ==
 
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* [http://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis/ Debian]
 
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== Ubuntu Linux ==
 
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* [http://www.ubuntulinux.org/wiki/UbuntuGIS Ubuntu]
 
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== GeoLivre Linux ==
 
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* [http://www.geolivre.org.br/modules/mydownloads/ Geolivre Linux]
 
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== Gentoo Linux ==
 
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* [http://gentoo-gis.sourceforge.net/ Gentoo]
 
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== Mandriva Linux ==
 
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* [http://club.mandriva.com/xwiki/bin/view/rpms/Category/Sciences/Geosciences Mandriva] (not really a team but all relevant RPMs there and maintained)
 
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* [http://wiki.osgeo.org/index.php/FOSS4G_Toolkit_for_Mandriva_2008 Mandriva 2008 RPM] (Osaka City University)
 
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* [http://wgrass.media.osaka-cu.ac.jp/foss4g/ Mandriva CD ISO Image] -- maintained by Osaka City University FOSS4G Team
 
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RPM-based distributions, such as Fedora Linux and SuSE Linux, do not have a dedicated GIS teams, but there are several parties maintaining independent RPM archives that could be persuaded to band their efforts together under the aegis of the foundation:
 
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== Fedora Linux ==
 
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* Fedora Extra 6 ([http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/SRPMS source RPMS] and [http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/extras/6/i386 i386 binaries RPMS]) contains a few GIS packages like GDAL, geos and proj
 
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* Fedora 7 ([http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/source/SRPMS source RPMs] and [http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/7/Everything/i386/os/Fedora i386 binaries RPMs]) contains a few GIS packages like GDAL, geos, proj and mapserver
 
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* [http://mappinghacks.com/rpm/ Mapping Hacks Fedora RPMs] -- maintained by SchuylerErle
 
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* [ftp://intevation.de/freegis/fedora/ intevation.de Fedora RPMs]
 
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* [http://postgis.refractions.net/rpms/ PostGIS RPMs for Fedora] from [http://www.refractions.net/ Refractions Research]
 
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* [http://www.gdf-hannover.de/software Mandriva and SuSe RPMs] -- maintained by GDF Hannover
 

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