[OSM-dev] Suggestion about how to setup a local osm development platform

[Robert (Jamie) Munro]

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Richard Fairhurst wrote:
> Chien Nguyen Khac wrote:
> 
>> Steps to setup a local osm development platform

> Your VMWare solution would be _more_ difficult for some of us. Not  
> everyone is developing on an x86 machine.

So because something only helps 95% of users, we shouldn't do it?

> I really suggest you start reading up on OSM before firing off mails  
> like the ones you've sent to the list over the last few days. Believe  
> it or not, we're not all idiots, and some of the decisions we've made  
> over the last two years actually have reasons behind them.

No need to be rude.

Why can't people on this list say something like:

People have talked about this, but no one has done it yet. If you are
familiar with VMWare, start with debian (as that's what the real server
runs) and follow the instructions here:
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/index.php/The_Rails_Port

When you have an image, we can put it on an FTP server somewhere.

Robert (Jamie) Munro
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