Paolo Cavallini wrote:
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 At 05:27, giovedì 30 settembre 2004, Fred McDavid has probably written:I'd like to throw out there that ossim should definitely make the list.Not exactly related to GIS, I think (am I wrong?).
Pablo, OSSIM is an geospatial imagery explotation and analysis program. In my traditional view of the geospatial world I would classify it as remote sensing oriented rather than traditional GIS oriented but there is no effective line between the two fields. I think we need to take a "big tent" view of GIS for our purposes. I think if there is someone willing to prepare the OSSIM package for Debian then that would be great and appropriate for this groups focus. However, while we can prepare a lengthy wish-list, we may find our resources are a bit limited to address everything and we will need to focus on what the folks willing to put in the effort want to package the most. One question I do have is are we aiming to get a whole bunch of packages into the official Debian channel or are we also interested in maintaining unofficial debian packages distributed through our own repository for packages to big, non-standard or rarely used to officially package? NOTE: when I say we, I really mean you guys (and gals). I'm happy to provide a bit of supporting advice and help upstream necessary changes to packages I have commit access for but my Debian system is ancient. I have carefully avoided learning anything about how to prepare .debs or .rpms for that matter. You have my moral support of course! Best regards, -- ---------------------------------------+-------------------------------------- I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam, warmerdam@pobox.com light and sound - activate the windows | http://pobox.com/~warmerdam and watch the world go round - Rush | Geospatial Programmer for Rent