Re: [DebianGIS] Debian GIS CDD

[Hamish <hamish_nospam@yahoo.com>]

> I know, there are many livecds for GIS (and I'm currently supporting
> one of then), but my idea is to create a official CDD for Debian GIS,
> with a regular schedule of release (maybe 6 months), and things like
> that.
> 
> For Paulo M.... Well, I don't plan to dump Poseidon Linux, but I
> trying to contribute to Debian making things more official.
> 
> It's a huge amount of work, but it's not impossible. Also, I have
> contact/support from the main Debian-BR-CDD developer (he also lives
> 60km from my town).
> 
> There is a excellent tutorial for building Debian-CDD, but
> unfortunately it's only available on Brazilian Portuguese (I have
> found the pdf somewhere).
> 
> Well, I'm nobody... but that's where I can help, if the main
> supporters of Debian GIS thinks that a CDD version is good idea just
> tell me.


I assume that the Alioth CVS/SVN can be used as a central point to
coordinate efforts for this?

Is most of the work creating a CCD in maintaining package lists,
scripts, etc., or does it need to actually hold all 700mb statically?


Hamish