[FGS] Re: [Freegis-list] Re: [postgis-users] FOSS GIS suite project? (was Mandrake GIS)

Tyler Mitchell tjmitchell at riverside.bc.ca
Thu Jun 17 18:34:02 EDT 2004


> I would just note, that it is an objective of the project (in my mind) 
to
> be distribution agnostic.   Not depending on any particular packaging 
system
> nor being tied to a particular OS rev (though there will have to be
> restrictions based on GLIBC version for instance).

I also expect we'll have some scripts to aid in "installation" and the 
idea of choosing packages or libraries rather than the whole set - much 
like Apachetoolbox.com has.  But of course, something relatively simple 
and "dumb" will probably be our first focus, since that is much easier 
done :)

Tyler




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