A task list for DebianGis
[Please, remove task when done, add your name if you take a task]
Packages that need updates
- geos is updated to 2.2.3 but 3.0.0 RC4 is also available
- gmt needs updating to 4.2.0
- batik needs updating to 1.7 (still beta)
- buoy needs updating to 1.8
- geoip needs updating to 1.4.1
- gpsd needs updating to 2.34
- libterralib needs updating to 3.1.4
- openjump needs updating to 1.2 (still beta)
- openscenegraph needs updating to 2.0
Packages in the svn repo but still not in main (they need revision)
- musmap
- openev
- roadmap
Packages currently in progress
ossim (FrancescoLovergine)
libgeotiff (FrancescoLovergine)
Live CD stuff
- Add and fix the menu and freedesktop.org files in debian-gis packages
- Artwork and branding (grub boot, desktop splash, desktop wallpaper) - competition on debianart.org
- Some kind of intro document that is auto-loaded into a webbrowser on startup
Long term goals
- Quality Assurance:
- Implementing a piupart-based thingy to periodically check installation status of all interested packages
Things to add to the status script: RC counters et al, see ["DebianGis/EdiMeetingMinutes"]
DebianGis Backports: Adding an up-to-date backported toolchain (gdal+grass+qgis+postgis+mapserver at least) for stable
- Java related tools: Java has become a primary tool language for GIS serious application. We miss many of them and Java is moving to main.
- Perl GIS modules: CPAN maintains a large collection of GIS related modules that we have not in the archive.
- GRASS add-ons: contributed modules for GRASS.