= Call for interest in OSGeo-Live 5.5=

2 November 2011

We are starting to build the 5.5 [http://live.osgeo.org OSGeo-Live] DVD which will be released in March 2012, ready for the Spanish FOSS4G, FOSSGIS Germany, GISRUK in England and the MapWindow/FOSS4G Regional Netherlands Conference, among others. We would like to hear from anyone wishing to add new projects to OSGeo-Live, anyone wishing to extend or add extra translations, or anyone who has ideas on how we should shape the upcoming release.

==Which project version?==
Could each installed project please update our status sheet to note the expected version to be installed on OSGeo-Live 5.5. [https://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdGIzd0VLLTBpQVJuNVlHMlBWSDhKLXc&hl=en_GB#gid=8 Status sheet].

== Key Priorities for next release==

* Disk Space
 * We have reached our DVD size limits, and need to be creative about saving space

* Package Updates
 * Update and test latest stable software releases

* Quickstart Reviews
 * We have Project Quickstarts, but most haven't gone through comprehensive review

* Testing
 * With Quality being a key focus area for us, we need lots of help with testing.

== Key Milestones==

* 07 Jan 2012 Feature Freeze
* 04 Feb 2012 User Acceptance Test (all Apps installed and working)
* 25 Feb 2012 Final ISO sent to printers


[http://spreadsheets.google.com/ccc?key=0Al9zh8DjmU_RdE1SYUN3YWJ2N1NpSUczbW9IRWZNclE&hl=en_GB ... full schedule]

== About OSGeo-Live==
OSGeo-live is an [http://xubuntu.org XUbuntu] based distribution of Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual Machine and USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of open source geospatial software without installing anything.