Live GIS Disc Press Release 16

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OSGeo-Live 4.5 ready for testing

25 February 2011, sent to osgeo-live and osgeo-discuss list

All applications for the next OSGeo-Live release have been installed and checked, and we are looking for help with User Acceptance Testing. We'd like to ensure that each application is tested by at least 2 different people.

You can download the Virtual Machine from [1]

Tips for testing here [2]

We will be coordinating our testing effort in an IRC meeting at: irc://freenode.net#osgeolive early next week:

  • New York, USA: 3pm Monday 28 Feb
  • Western Europe: 8pm Monday 28 Feb
  • Sydney, Australia: 6am Tuesday 1 Mar

http://timeanddate.com/worldclock/meetingdetails.html?year=2011&month=2&day=28&hour=19&min=0&sec=0&p1=240&p2=179&p3=215

Also, we are still looking for a Quickstart for the following applications. Let me know if you can write one: gdal, postgis, gvsig, maptiler, zygrib

[1] OSGeo-Live Latest Downloads: http://live.osgeo.org/dev/build

[2] Tips for Testing: http://wiki.osgeo.org/wiki/Live_GIS_Review#Application_Review

[3] Documentation Status: https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=8

[4] Docs nightly build: http://adhoc.osgeo.osuosl.org/livedvd/docs/en/index.html