[OSM-talk] switch2osm documentation upgrade (was: Re: Tile Server manual build 15.10 troubleshooting)

[Daniel Koć]

W dniu 04.01.2016 11:45, Lester Caine napisał(a):

> MANY of the tools listed on the switch2osm site are no longer actively
> supported by their originators, so we do need an overhaul of the whole
> process, but a reliable base framework does not exist and the diversity
> between linux distributions is making that more and more difficult.

Some parts of switch2osm could be updated after we make the overview of 
these tools. For example:

https://switch2osm.org/serving-tiles/manually-building-a-tile-server-14-04/

could be split to essential part, generated straight from kind of 
"official" Dockerfile (and at least linking to it), and tuning part, 
which can't be automatically updated, but on the other hand it's 
optional, targeted at more advanced users and shouldn't be changing too 
fast.

Switching to such kind of (semi-automated) workflow would make keeping 
the documentation up to date an easier job and allow users to deploy it 
easily even on other Linux distributions or OS-es (through 
virtualization tools). This is a good moment, since Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 
alpha1 should be ready in a few days:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/XenialXerus/ReleaseSchedule

so we have almost 4 months to prepare and test it before the final 
Ubuntu 16.04 image release. We're not bound to this by any means 
(especially since 14.04 will be still supported for next few years), but 
of course it would be nice to stay close to the reality.

BTW: who is the maintainer of switch2osm site? I was not able to find 
any contact informations there.

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