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[Alan Boudreault]

Andreas,

See my answers below..

On 13-08-29 05:22 PM, Andreas Tille wrote:
> Hi Alan,
>
> On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 09:57:02AM -0400, Alan Boudreault wrote:
>>
>> UbuntuGIS is working with DebianGIS and we share all work with them
>> directly using the official git debian repository.
>
> Cool!  That's exactly the way I would have suggested because it works
> like a charm in Debian Med team with BioLinux (which is also an Ubuntu
> derivative).  Is there some documentation (some kind of policy document
> to make this more visible for newcomers)?  From several postings here
> I had the impression that Debian resources might be underestimated /
> rarely used.
>

Not sure what you mean. We extensively use the work of the DebianGIS 
team. However, we won't ask them to do the ubuntu tasks.

>> However, we don't
>> decide when a new release is uploaded to unstable.
>
> Well, the question is whether this is actually a *decision* or rather
> a matter of time resources.
>
>> Francesco is the
>> administrator of DebianGIS.
>
> I know Francesco from some DebConfs in the past and I think he would not
> mind to get some helping hand.  While Debian GIS is not my main focus
> and I'm quite far from considering myself as a GIS expert my OSM
> activities have brought me closer to Debian GIS and I'd be happy to
> sponsor packages after coordination with Francesco.  I have no idea who
> strict he considers his "administrator" role but from my experience in
> other teams structures in Debian are rather flat - provided that you are
> not breaking anything it is fine to do something instead of waiting
> until somebody else have done it.
>

That would be very nice. Francesco has probably a lot more to do in 
addition of DebianGIS... and I have the same problem. I would be happy 
if someone could put some time in DebianGIS and UbuntuGIS.

>> The DebianGIS process is also longer...
>> so the softwares are not immediately pushed in unstable.
>
> This is exactly the point where I would like to help if anyhow possible.
>
> To start with this help I also ported the Debian GIS thermometer once
> written by Francesco most probably in the intention to make the
> cooperation more effective:
>
>    http://blends.alioth.debian.org/gis/thermometer/ubuntu_debian-gis_thermometer.html
>
> The port is using common Debian Blends techniques and I think I provided
> some extra features not available previously.  So I'm quite serious to
> support the DebianGIS - UbuntuGIS cooperation to the best of my skills.
> Any ideas how I can be of more help are perfectly welcome.
>

Great. I wonder if we could do an irc meeting with all debiangis and 
ubuntugis members. Talking together, we could probably figure out how 
everyone can help to.

What do you think Francesco?

> Kind regards
>
>         Andreas.
>
>> On 13-08-29 09:51 AM, Andreas Tille wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 10:19:08AM -0400, Jerome Villeneuve Larouche wrote:
>>>> Georaster and OCI packages would be a really great addition to
>>>> UbuntuGIS. It would be really nice if you could upload them to
>>>> UbuntuGIS or just send them to me and I'll take care of it.
>>>
>>> Just a question:  Is there any connection also to Debian GIS team[1]?  I
>>> lived under the impression that it might make sense to work together but
>>> questions previous hints to work inside Debian were basically ignored.
>>> I'm just asking this question seriously because if this might not be the
>>> case I would start personally in checking with Debian GIS team how we
>>> could adopt from UbuntuGIS (which seems to be top down to me - but better
>>> than no connection at all).
>>>
>>> Thanks for enlightening
>>>
>>>         Andreas.
>>>
>>> [1] https://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis
>


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