> -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Dominic Lowe > Sent: Friday, 18 June 2010 06:17 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Community] About time for a new release of OWSlib? > > > It's been over a year since the last release of OWSLib and in > that time there have been a lot of changes including: > > > > * CSW support > > > * ISO 19115 metadata parsing (needed for CSW support I > assume) > > * Several improvements to WCS support (caching, > url checking) > > * OWSCommon classes to share between > services > > * A general Utils module for common functions > > Last time we discussed this I had a look at breaking up the > individual services into separate eggs under an owslib > namespace. This would enable us to release eggs for different > services individually and on a quicker timescale. I think > this will be of benefit in the long run - even to Tom who was > against the idea ;-) > > I still think this is a good plan for long term > sustainability but the thing that stalled the last release > (on my part!) was the effort needed to make the switch and > reorganise the codebase. > > I did get as far as trying it out though and it worked: > http://trac.gispython.org/lab/browser/OWSLib/branches/namespac > ePkgsTest > > So I'm prepared to put in the effort to make the complete > switch this time but to do so I think we will effectively > need to freeze the current trunk and tests for a while so the > code can be refactored. (I will do the refactoring in a > branch, but I don't want to have a subsequent merge nightmare!). > > If I get it to this stage where it is structurally ready, > then it would be good if other OWSlib developers could > support this by helping out with testing in particular. > > I think once we get over this hurdle future (service > specific..) releases will be much easier. > > Tom, you are most actively working on the trunk. Are you > happy to see it effectively frozen now? >
Yes (as of r1662), let us know when we can commit again. > Cheers, > Dom > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community > _______________________________________________ Community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gispython.org/mailman/listinfo/community
