Live GIS Disc Packaging
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
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.
Available packages
| Application | On LiveDVD? | Version on DVD | Application packaged? | Meta-package in SVN? | Example available? | Example packaged? | Documenation available? | Documentation packaged? | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Postgres/Postgis | YES | 8.3.5/1.3.3-1 | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | |
| GeoServer | YES | 1.7.0 | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | Comes with examaple config, but needs additional config for postgis |
| Mapserver | YES | 5.0.0-3 | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | Example looks crap |
| GRASS | YES | 6.3.0-0 | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | |
| Qgis | YES | 0.11.0-Metis | YES | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | Better example needed |
| gvSIG | YES | 1.1.2 | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | Better example needed |
| uDig | YES | 1.1.1 | YES, only unofficially | YES | YES | YES | NO | NO | Better example needed |
| Open Layers | YES | 2.6 | NO | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | Better example needed. Only on DVD as part of GeoServer |
| GeoNetwork | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||
| Mapguide | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||
| Open Jump | NO | YES | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | ||
| Deegree | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO | NO |