Bug#782915: release-notes: please add news from Debian GIS to release notes
Control: tags -1 pending
On 2015-04-21 11:25, Andreas Tille wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 21, 2015 at 10:19:19AM +0100, Justin B Rye wrote:
>>> incorporated sounds fine to me as is. BTW, my toothcomb is not as fine as
>>> Justin's. :)
>>
>> "Incorporated into Debian GIS" and "merged back into" both look good
>> to me. I was wondering if we needed to expand GIS at some point, but
>> there's no obvious place to fit it in. Maybe "OSGeo" is enough of a
>> hint...
>
> I agree that for not involved people Geographical Information Systems
> might be helpful to spell out. May be it is even better to link to
> the Debian GIS homepage
>
> https://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis
>
> ?
>
> Thanks for pointing this out
>
> Andreas.
>
Thanks for the reviews and advice. I have committed the attached patch.
A second review would be much appreciated.
Thanks,
~Niels
>From f75748cfee5cb89a3e0ef12dfe3ed9a42c5d002e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: nthykier <nthykier@313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d>
Date: Thu, 23 Apr 2015 06:50:32 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] Add information about Debian GIS blend (#782915)
Written-by: Andreas Tille <andreas@fam-tille.de>
Signed-off-by: Niels Thykier <niels@thykier.net>
git-svn-id: svn+ssh://svn.debian.org/svn/ddp/manuals/trunk/release-notes@10815 313b444b-1b9f-4f58-a734-7bb04f332e8d
---
en/whats-new.dbk | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/en/whats-new.dbk b/en/whats-new.dbk
index 1ae31b4..cbf187c 100644
--- a/en/whats-new.dbk
+++ b/en/whats-new.dbk
@@ -551,5 +551,17 @@ TODO: Need to include stuff from <5447EC14.2070502@debian.org>
to see the full range of scientific software inside Debian.
</para>
</section>
+<section id="debian-gis">
+ <title>News from Debian Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Blend</title>
+ <para>During the jessie development cycle many changes from
+ UbuntuGIS were merged back into Debian GIS. The collaboration
+ with UbuntuGIS and OSGeo-Live projects was improved, resulting in
+ new packages and contributors. Visit <ulink
+ url="http://blends.debian.org/gis/tasks">Debian GIS tasks
+ pages</ulink> to see the full range of GIS software inside Debian
+ and the <ulink url="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianGis">Debian GIS
+ homepage</ulink> for more information.
+ </para>
+</section>
</section>
</chapter>
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