Hi! I would be very interested to find GIS program (GRASS, GMT..., cf www.freegis.org) in the powertools CD. There are already some .src.rpm there but they are not very satisfactory in my opinion because they do not respect the RedHat 7.0 file hierarchy and do not always compile correctly with gcc 2.96 (apparently). So here is my question: Is RedHat planning to insert such tools in the powertools? If not, where can I express my wishes to get them in. This would be very nice for me and for others involved in the domain of GIS (Geographical Information System). Sorry, I know I chose the wrong package but i did not find the way to specify my request as a general question about the Powertool CD Thanks in advance for any answer. Best regards Daniel Tourde
It won't make it in this release. If you had gotten to me prior to the betas, it could have made it in. I am deferring this so that it stays in my tickler for the release following the upcoming release of PowerTools. (does that make sense?). Sorry that it couldn't make it this time around. Tim
Well, maybe in the rawhide section then... :) I would be interested by the following tools: Grass 5.0 : http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/index2.html Ossim : http://www.ossim.org Tcltkgrass: http://www.geog.uni-hannover.de/grass/tcltkgrass.html GMT 3.3.6 : http://imina.soest.hawaii.edu/gmt/ iGMT : http://www.seismology.harvard.edu/~becker/igmt/ kdem: http://www.mindspring.com/~jamoyers/kdem/ Mapserver: http://mapserver.gis.umn.edu/index.html These are basically the tools and not to forget the libraries mentionned in http://freegis.org/FreeGIS_CD/requirements.en.html Applications GRASS GMT iGMT gmap mapserver Libraries shapelib tkgeomap Conversion tools gen2shp PROJ.4 Well, I am new in the field, so I don't really know if this will cover all my needs or not but this can be considered as a good standard starting point. I am willing to test these packages and to give you as much feedback as you need. I thank you in advance for your help Daniel
Well, rawhide (right now) is a reflection of what we are currently working on. That's for the upcoming release. Sorry, but it's going to be after we ship the release we are currently working on. Tim
Hi! Of course, I understand. So, I stay tuned... Please, tell me when they are in rawhide. Thanks in advance for everything. Daniel
Hello! Is it planned to put the GIS programs I mentionned few months ago in Rawhide/powertools? Daniel
We're still working on other platforms (alpha and ia64) right now. Be patient, I'll get to it and I'll let you which things will and won't be included :) Tim
Hi Tim, Thanks a lot for your answer. I will wait... :) Daniel